Comprehensible input is one useful part of language learning. This post covers what it is, why beginner material runs out, and how Readox can help you save good finds for later.
If you highlight text inside a Google Sheets cell while editing it, Readox can read it aloud, summarize it first, or save it to your library for later.
Readox can keep playback in the sidepanel or on the page. This guide explains what each one does, when it helps, and which Settings to change if you want a simpler setup.
Readox reads Google Docs aloud in Chrome with word highlighting and playback controls. Select text or read the whole document without leaving the editor.
Readox Pro can summarize a page, selection, or typed text first, then read that summary aloud, so you can get the gist quickly and save the shorter version if that is all you need.
Readox collections are playlist-like queues for articles, PDFs, selections, summaries, and saved text, with duration, progress, reordering, resume, and continuous playback.
Readox is not just for one-off pasted text. You can turn saved text into repeatable listening routines for affirmations, language drills, study review, and AI-generated practice material.
Readox Pro includes word-level pronunciation feedback for premium voices, so you can flag the exact word that sounded wrong instead of sending vague feedback after the fact.
Readox can read pasted or typed text directly in the sidepanel, which is useful for your own notes, AI-generated notes, GitHub snippets, markdown drafts, copied passages, and other working text.
Most browser text-to-speech progress bars jump because the browser only reports position intermittently. Readox keeps the countdown moving between updates and corrects it with real playback data.
Readox keyboard shortcuts let you read, pause, stop, summarize, and save pages without reaching for the mouse, which makes the workflow much more useful in practice.
Readox can read both plain text and Markdown files aloud. Plain text plays as-is, while Markdown is cleaned up so you hear the content instead of the syntax.
Readox can pull text out of screenshots, photos, and scanned documents on your device, so text does not stop being listenable just because it is trapped in an image.