"Pronounce" - a Handy Firefox extension

GordMackenzie · Post by **GordMackenzie** » June 2nd, 2008, 8:10 am

"Pronounce" is a handy little Firefox extension that Librivox readers might find useful:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1689

With the extension installed, highlight a word on any web page, right click, and choose "Pronounce" from the context menu. The Pronounce add-on will look up the word for you in the online Merriam Webster dictionary and play the pronunciation audio so you'll know how to say it.

Pronounce is a free download for all platforms running Firefox, and it's Firefox 3-ready.

So, if you get your text from Gutenberg in HTML format, and use Firefox, you can quickly get a pronunciation for words you may be unsure of.

Hokuspokus · Post by **Hokuspokus** » June 2nd, 2008, 8:40 am

That's really useful! Thanks!

kayray · Post by **kayray** » June 2nd, 2008, 9:59 am

Very cool! Nice to see you, Gord :)

GordMackenzie · Post by **GordMackenzie** » June 2nd, 2008, 10:21 am

Thanks, Kara!

Even though I haven't done any reading in quite a while, I still lurk about every now and again...

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » June 3rd, 2008, 3:31 am

Oooh.. very neat!

Post by **Kikisaulite** » June 3rd, 2008, 4:17 am

Wow! Another useful tool ! Thanks!