Varterm Extensions

Cursor / VS Code Extension

Text to speech for Cursor and VS Code. Turn on Agent Auto-read and finished agent replies play while you keep working. Highlight text in any file and hear it. One install, every window, zero echo. Change speed (0.75×–2×) or voice from the status bar. Search Varterm TTS in Extensions.

Long answers split into parts, so you jump forward past the preamble or back to the line that mattered instead of scrolling the chat. Markdown is stripped before speech. Same engine handles whole files, RFCs, and multi-page docs — playback starts on part one while the rest generates. Editor, selection, and clipboard work the same way. 66 free neural voices across 29 languages, or bring your own ElevenLabs key.

Cursor installs from Open VSX. VS Code can use the same search or the Marketplace. The .vsix is optional — use it only if search is empty or you want a pinned GitHub build.

Manual file is v0.1.77 from GitHub Releases. To rebuild, see the README Development section in varterm/extensions.

1. Install: Extensions view → search Varterm TTS → click Install (user), not Install Workspace Extension → reload other Cursor windows.
2. Optional .vsix: Command Palette → Extensions: Install from VSIX... → choose the package from GitHub Releases.
3. Run Varterm: Connect only if you use a custom server or token.
4. Click Agent Auto-read in the status bar. Finished replies from every open Cursor window join one queue and are read in the order they arrived, so parallel agents never talk over each other. Use play/pause, stop, and jump. Play reads an editor selection if you have one.
5. Run Varterm: Read Clipboard Aloud or Varterm: Read Editor/Selection Aloud for long-form docs and markdown files.

Chrome Extension

Read a selection, a long page, or a video transcript without leaving the tab. Search the words, jump back or ahead, and change speed from the popup. Optionally hear new AI chat replies as they finish — off until you grant that site.

1. Install the extension and pin it to the toolbar.
2. Select text and use the floating button, the context menu, or Alt+Shift+R. Chrome uses Ctrl+Shift+R to reload.
3. On a video with captions, press Read Video Transcript. Search the panel, then click a timestamp to jump the video.
4. To auto-read new chat replies, tick a site under Read AI replies and approve Chrome’s prompt.
5. For local testing: open chrome://extensions and use Load unpacked.

Web App

Use Varterm instantly with no setup for long-form docs, markdown cleanup, and ChatGPT-ready playback.

1. Paste text into the editor.
2. Pick Cloud, Browser, or Offline voice mode.
3. Press play and follow chunk progress for long text.