Blair Aloud · by SoftBlair

Set up Blair Aloud with SoftBlair

She'll guide you one step at a time and tick each one off. Your progress is saved in this browser, so you can stop and come back. Everything here works without an account.

Set-up steps

Open Chrome.
Install Blair Aloud from the install page.
Pin her to the toolbar.
Open her side panel.
Enter your key: in her panel press Enter licence key, paste the key into Licence key and press Activate.
Allow the microphone: in her panel open All settings, shortcuts and licence, then under Voice commands press Allow the microphone.
Test: press Read page (Alt+Shift+R, on a Mac Control+Shift+R).
Test: select text and press Read selection (Alt+Shift+S, on a Mac Control+Shift+S).
Test: press Voice commands (Alt+Shift+V, on a Mac Control+Shift+V) and say "read page".
Test: open the test clip, press Alt+Shift+L (on a Mac Control+Shift+L) for Live captions, then play it.
Done.

Practice text

For the reading tests, she can read this page. Here's a sentence that shows off her speech filter:

Tickets for the R&B night on 10/22/2026 are $5, and we're 100% sure it's the #1 show in town.

She should say "R and B", "October 22 2026", "5 dollars", "100 percent" and "number 1".