Last updated: 8 September 2026
Voxly does not collect, store, transmit, or sell any personal information. There are no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, no tracking, and no user accounts. Nothing you read is sent to the developer or to any third party.
Voxly stores two kinds of data, both locally on your own computer, using Chrome's extension storage:
| What | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your reading preferences — voice, language, speed, pitch, theme, auto-play | chrome.storage.local | So your settings persist between sessions |
| The text of the document currently being handed to the reader tab | chrome.storage.session | To pass the page you invoked from into the reader; it is cleared when the reader loads it, and in all cases when Chrome closes |
Neither leaves your device. Uninstalling the extension deletes both.
Voxly reads page content only when you explicitly invoke it — by clicking the toolbar icon, using the right-click menu, or pressing the keyboard shortcut. It holds no standing access to any website and runs no always-on content script. It cannot see pages you have not asked it to read.
When you open a document, the extension requests it directly from the site that hosts it, exactly as your browser would:
export endpoint on docs.google.com, using your existing Google sign-in so the export returns documents you already have permission to read.These requests go to the site that already hosts your document and to no one else. The extension operates no server of its own.
By default, read-aloud uses the Web Speech API built into your browser and operating system. Voice selection and audio are handled by your OS. Some system voices marked with a cloud symbol are network voices supplied by your operating system vendor; when you choose one, your OS may send the text being spoken to that vendor to synthesise the audio. This is a function of your operating system's voice settings, not of this extension, and choosing a local (non-cloud) voice keeps everything on your device.
The extension can optionally use a third-party speech provider — OpenAI or Google Cloud — for higher-quality voices. This is off by default and works only if you supply your own API key.
If you enable it:
api.openai.com or texttospeech.googleapis.com) so it can generate the audio.Leaving this feature off — the default — means no document text ever leaves your device by way of this extension. You can remove a stored key at any time with the Clear button in the extension's popup.
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
activeTab | Read the current page's text at the moment you invoke the reader |
scripting | Inject the text extractor into that page on demand |
storage | Save your voice, speed, pitch and theme preferences locally |
contextMenus | Provide the "Read selection aloud" right-click entry |
docs.google.com, drive.google.com | Retrieve Google Docs text exports and Drive PDFs |
| Optional site access | Read page content only on sites you explicitly grant |
Voxly is a general-purpose reading tool. It collects no data from anyone, including children.
Any future change to this policy will be published at this URL with an updated date above. Material changes will also be noted in the extension's Chrome Web Store listing.
Questions about this policy: amit1skit@gmail.com