Guide
How to make Vivaldi read a web page aloud on Mac
Vivaldi has tab stacks, Workspaces and a Reader View, but no button that reads a page out loud. Here are two ways to listen to a page instead of reading it.
Updated 11 November 2026.
Short answerFor a free option, turn on Speak Selection in System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content, select text in Vivaldi and press Option-Esc. To hear the whole article without menus and ads, with a word highlight and resume, open it in Vivaldi and press Control-Option-A in Aloud.
The free built-in way: Speak Selection
- Turn on Speak Selection. System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak selection.
- Select the text in Vivaldi. Drag over the paragraphs you want, or press Command-A in the article.
- Press Option-Esc. Your Mac reads the selection in the system voice. Press Option-Esc again to stop.
- Pick a better voice. Spoken Content → System voice → Manage Voices, and download an Enhanced or Premium voice.
It works, but it reads only what you selected, in one system voice, with no way to jump back a sentence.
What about Vivaldi Reader View?
Reader View (the page icon in the address bar) strips a page down to the article, which makes it easier to select everything with Command-A for Speak Selection. It has no play button of its own: text to speech is a long-standing request on the Vivaldi forum, not a shipped feature. A Chrome Web Store read-aloud extension also works in Vivaldi, but most send the text to an online voice service.
The better way: Aloud reads the front Vivaldi tab
Aloud (ours, $19 once per Mac, macOS 14 or later) reads the article on the front tab of Safari, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi or Chromium:
- Control-Option-A reads the article in the front Vivaldi tab and skips menus, cookie banners and ads.
- One-time setup: in Vivaldi, open Vivaldi › Settings › Privacy and Security and turn on Allow JavaScript from Apple Events. If it's off, Aloud tells you where. Aloud only asks Vivaldi for the page address and its HTML; the page is read on your Mac.
- A reading window with a word highlight and click-to-seek, plus a notch reader or floating player while you keep browsing.
- Speed from 0.75x to 2x, changed mid-sentence, and resume from the last sentence.
- Natural voices: Apple Enhanced and Premium voices, the on-device Kokoro neural voice (Apple silicon, macOS 15+), or ElevenLabs v4, v4 Turbo and v3 or Cartesia with your own API key.
- .m4a export to keep an article as audio.
Buy Aloud, $19 once No subscription, no account.
Questions
Does Vivaldi have read aloud on Mac?
No. Vivaldi has Reader View but no text-to-speech, and the read-aloud feature request on the Vivaldi forum is still open. The free route is macOS Speak Selection: select text in Vivaldi and press Option-Esc. Aloud reads the whole front Vivaldi article with Control-Option-A.
Why does Option-Esc do nothing in Vivaldi?
Speak Selection is off by default. Turn it on in System Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content, then select text first and press the shortcut again.
What does Aloud need to read a Vivaldi tab?
Allow JavaScript from Apple Events turned on in Vivaldi, under Vivaldi › Settings › Privacy and Security. If it's off, Aloud tells you where to switch it on. Aloud only asks Vivaldi for the page address and its HTML.
Can I listen to a Vivaldi article in the background?
Yes. Aloud reads in a notch reader or floating player, so you can switch tabs, Workspaces or Spaces while it keeps reading, and it resumes from the last sentence.
Which voices can Aloud use?
Your Mac's Apple voices including Enhanced and Premium, the on-device Kokoro neural voice (Apple silicon, macOS 15 or later), or ElevenLabs (v4, v4 Turbo, v3) and Cartesia with your own API key.
How much does Aloud cost?
$19 once per Mac. No subscription, no account, and no free trial.
More Mac utilities from the developer: SnapState puts your Mac windows, apps and browser tabs back after sleep or a monitor reconnect. $9.99 one-time.