How to add TTS Text-To-Speech To Google Meet

We all use online meetings. Before 2020, online meetings were used nearly exclusively by the corp 9-5 workers, so mostly Cisco Webex and Microsoft Teams users. During months of quarantine in 2020, everyone found creative ways to use online meetings. For example, our local yoga teachers and drawing teachers hosted online lessons. And even our sports coach taught lessons online.

During Google Meet, the presenter often shows a slide, a photo, presenting a project they are actively working on, or an interview where the interviewee is typing code. Regardless of the use case, the presenter needs to focus, and especially when the meeting is in presentation mode, the presenter cannot see audiences’ comments in the chat in real time. Or a chat TTS software is so heavy that it consumes quite a bit of compute cycle, so the computer slows down. These problems can be solved by a good TTS software that is lightweight (e.g. 66KB) and is operational during fullscreen presentation mode. Additionally, the presenter can choose to turn the TTS on/off with a small onscreen toggle switch.

Here is how to add TTS Text-To-Speech to Google Meet.

Go to Google Chrome Web Store, and search for ‘Beim Goods Livestream TTS’.

The TTS should look like this in Google Chrome Web Store. And click on it.

Then click ‘Get’ to install the livestream TTS.

Then click ‘Add extension’ to add TTS Text To Speech to the browser. This version of Beim Goods Livestream TTS is developed for Chromium based browsers, so it works for the majority of browsers such as Chrome Browser, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, Epic Privacy Browser, Slimjet, Comodo Dragon, Torch Browser etc.

Viola, TTS Text To Speech is installed for Google Meet!

During a livestream, the streamer can choose to turn TTS Text To Speech On or Off.