AAII অসম × Xobdo.org

অসমীয়াত পঢ়ক

AI-powered Assamese text-to-speech Chrome extension. Select any Assamese Unicode text on the web and hear it read aloud. Runs entirely in your browser.

যিকোনো অসমীয়া ৱেবপেজ AI কণ্ঠেৰে পঢ়ি শুনিব পাৰে। সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে আপোনাৰ ব্ৰাউজাৰতে চলে — কোনো একাউণ্ট নাই, কোনো অপেক্ষা নাই।

Features

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Select & Listen

Highlight any Assamese text on any webpage. Click the "অসমীয়াত" button that appears to hear it read aloud.

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Full Page Reading

Right-click anywhere → "সম্পূৰ্ণ পৃষ্ঠা পঢ়ক" to read an entire article. Great for Wikipedia, news, blogs.

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Runs Locally

All processing happens in your browser. No data sent to any server. Works offline after first model download.

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AI-Powered

An in-house neural Assamese TTS model trained on around 4 hours of high-quality Assamese speech data to produce a clear and natural-sounding voice.

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Smart Text Processing

Automatically cleans webpage text and normalizes Assamese content for more natural reading, including numbers, references, abbreviations, years, and common text patterns.

Sentence Streaming

Reads sentence by sentence with visual highlighting. No waiting for the entire text to synthesize.

How to Use

1
Install the extension from Chrome Web Store (or sideload the .crx file)Chrome Web Store-ৰ পৰা ইনষ্টল কৰক
2
Click the extension icon and press "Load Models" (one-time download, ~50MB)এক্সটেনচন আইকনত ক্লিক কৰক → "Load Models" টিপক
3
Go to any page with Assamese text. Select text → click the "🔊 পঢ়ক" buttonঅসমীয়া লিখনি চিলেক্ট কৰক → "পঢ়ক" বুটাম টিপক
4
For full page: right-click → "সম্পূৰ্ণ পৃষ্ঠা পঢ়ক". A progress bar appears at the bottom.সম্পূৰ্ণ পৃষ্ঠা শুনিবলৈ ৰাইট-ক্লিক কৰক

Technology

The application uses neural text-to-speech models running entirely in the browser via ONNX Runtime Web (WebAssembly). No server, no API calls, no data collection.

The models were trained on Assamese speech data as part of a collaboration between the Assam AI Initiative (AAII) and Xobdo.org.

Neural TTS ONNX Runtime Web WebAssembly Chrome Extension (MV3)

Privacy Policy

No Data Collection: অসমীয়াত পঢ়ক does not collect, store, sell, or transmit any personal or sensitive user data. It does not track browsing activity or store user interaction data.

Local Processing: All text-to-speech processing happens locally in your browser using WebAssembly (ONNX Runtime Web). Selected text is processed only on your device and is never sent to any external server.

Permissions Usage: The extension uses limited permissions strictly for its core functionality. contextMenus is used to provide options for reading selected text or full webpage content. storage is used to save user preferences such as playback speed locally in the browser. offscreen is used to enable background audio playback and model execution.

Website Access: Access to webpages is required only to detect user-selected Assamese text and enable reading functionality. The extension does not collect, monitor, or transmit browsing data.

Third-Party Services: This extension does not use external APIs, analytics tools, or third-party tracking services. All processing is performed locally within the browser.

Contact: For questions or support, please contact: aaiiaxomi@gmail.com

Updates: This privacy policy may be updated from time to time to reflect improvements or changes in functionality.