Get it
running.
Three steps. About a minute. While the Chrome Web Store listing is being reviewed, install the developer build manually — same code, same extension.
Click the download button above. Unzip the file (double-click on macOS; right-click → Extract on Windows). You should end up with a folder called speaktobrowse-extension.
Paste chrome://extensions into your address bar. Turn on Developer mode (top right). Drag the unzipped folder onto the page — or click Load unpacked and pick it.
Click the puzzle-piece icon in your Chrome toolbar, then the pin icon next to speaktobrowse so it's always visible. Click the icon, hit Turn on, grant mic, and click Sign in to sync to track your minutes.
- 1.Click Download the extension above. Your browser saves speaktobrowse-extension.zip.
- 2.Right-click the zip → Extract (or just double-click on macOS).
- 3.In a new tab, go to chrome://extensions.
- 4.Top-right corner: turn Developer mode on.
- 5.Drag the unzipped folder onto the page. The chartreuse audio mark appears under the puzzle-piece icon in your toolbar.
- 6.Click the puzzle-piece icon in the Chrome toolbar, then the pin icon next to speaktobrowse so it stays visible.
- 7.Click the speaktobrowse icon → Turn on. A new tab opens to grant microphone access. Click Allow microphone, then Allowon Chrome’s prompt.
- 8.Back in the popup, click sign in to sync to attach the extension to an account so your minutes follow you across devices and you can upgrade when you outgrow the free tier.
- 9.Start talking to your browser. Try “open hacker news.”
Because you’re installing in developer mode, Chrome will show a warning banner each time you reopen the browser asking you to verify the unpacked extension. That goes away once the Web Store listing is live (waiting on Google’s review).