IPA Reader

Add IPA pronunciation (American & British) to English words. Hover to see phonetics, click to hear pronunciation.

IPA Reader - Smart IPA Phonetic Annotations for English Web Pages ✨ Key Features: • IPA pronunciation (American & British) for English words on web pages • WordNet hover dictionary with 82K word definitions • Three hover modes: Dictionary, Tooltip, Off • Whole-page IPA mode — show all transcriptions at once • Built-in PDF Reader with IPA annotations • Auto-intercept web PDFs — open online PDFs with IPA overlay • Text-to-speech with karaoke-style word highlighting • American and British accent options; adjustable speech rate • Instant translation of selected text (Bing & Google Translate) • 108 target languages; inline translation bubble with copy button • Right-click menu and keyboard shortcuts for quick access • American dictionary: 134K words (CMU) • Enhanced British dictionary: 67K+ words (Britfone + Wiktionary) 🔊 Text-to-Speech: • Single word — click the speaker button to hear pronunciation • Selection speech — select text, floating toolbar or Alt+Shift+S • Karaoke effect — words highlight one by one as they are spoken 🌐 Translation: • Select any text and click translate or press Alt+Shift+T • Bing Translate and Google Translate engines • 108 target languages available ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts: • Alt+Shift+I — Toggle IPA annotations on/off • Alt+Shift+S — Speak selected text • Alt+Shift+T — Translate selected text 📄 PDF Reader: • Built-in PDF viewer with IPA for English text • Show or hide IPA annotations with the toolbar toggle • Auto-intercept online PDFs in the browser • Click words for dictionary lookup (WordNet) • Sidebar: outline / thumbnails and page navigation • Search inside PDFs • Three themes: dark, light, sepia • Drag & drop local PDFs or paste URLs 📚 Perfect for: • English learners reading web pages and PDFs • Learning American vs British pronunciation • Vocabulary and dictionary look-ups while reading • Sentence reading practice with TTS • Quick translation without leaving the page 🔒 Privacy: No data collection. Translation text is sent to third-party APIs (Bing/Google) only when you use the translate feature. All other processing is local.