ChatGPT's "Read aloud" feature only has a Play/Stop button, so I made a chrome extension that shows an audio player while listening.
It's open source!
You can also copy/paste the code to your script manager of choice, like violentmonkey/tampermonkey.
Hi! I'm Ian; I created this extension.
Here's what you need to know:
HOW IT WORKS
audio.controls = true;
That's it.
The rest is just a few lines of code to determine WHEN to enable those controls, and WHERE to position the player.
HOW CAN IT BE THAT SIMPLE?
Thankfully, ChatGPT's website makes an Audio element available on the document's body.
And it reuses that element for all playbacks, which is super convenient!
So my code simply leverages the fact that when you set 'controls' to 'true', the browser shows you the native audio player.
HOW CAN I ENABLE THIS?
Two ways:
-Easy: Add the Chrome extension, then reload ChatGPT
-Advanced: Copy/paste the code in src/js/content-script.js into your script manager of choice (like violentmonkey)
BUT, WHY?
It helps people with vision problems who may prefer listening and need better controls.
Also, it's frustrating for everyone to only have a Play/Stop button.
So I decided to help.
Hope you like it!
Really cool. One of my favorite features with chatgpt. I use it to read articles. But since openAI is logging me out every week, i have to use safaris biometric authentication to make it convenient to log back in. Any plans to add this audio player to safari extensions 🙏
@sentry_co Hey André. I'd love to publish for Safari too, but Apple charges $99 dollars per year for that (they require a developer account). What I do to log in quickly to ChatGPT is to continue with Google. If I ever have an Apple developer account for work, I'll go ahead and also publish this extension for Safari.
That's why there are so few safari extensions 😂 I saw google charges only $5 to be a chrome extension developer. Ill keep that in mind. Thanks for the info 🙏
Audio player for ChatGPT
Really cool. One of my favorite features with chatgpt. I use it to read articles. But since openAI is logging me out every week, i have to use safaris biometric authentication to make it convenient to log back in. Any plans to add this audio player to safari extensions 🙏
Audio player for ChatGPT
@sentry_co Hey André. I'd love to publish for Safari too, but Apple charges $99 dollars per year for that (they require a developer account). What I do to log in quickly to ChatGPT is to continue with Google. If I ever have an Apple developer account for work, I'll go ahead and also publish this extension for Safari.
That's why there are so few safari extensions 😂 I saw google charges only $5 to be a chrome extension developer. Ill keep that in mind. Thanks for the info 🙏
Ian I'm liking this a lot - Makes a perfect addition to an already very solid application :)
Best of luck w/ the launch!!