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Character Map

by adrian-ramon
Spell out selected text character by character, with capitals, digits and symbols colour-coded and named, for reading aloud.
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Unlisted Extension

This extension is published on adrian-ramon's page but is not listed in the main directory index.

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Character Map

Spell out selected text character by character, so you can read it aloud without mistakes.

Select some text, such as gqs786igfd87y23%REYbh, and click the button. A page opens in your browser showing every character as a numbered tile:

  • Colour-coded by type: capitals blue, lower case green, digits purple, symbols orange, spaces grey, each with a text badge as well
  • The NATO phonetic word for each letter (ROMEO for a capital, romeo for lower case), and spoken names for digits and symbols
  • Numbered across the whole string, in groups of four
  • Easily confused characters (l, 1, I, O, 0) marked with ⚠

Read-out mode

Press Space or → to step through the characters one at a time, ← to go back, and Esc to start again, or click any tile to jump to it. The current tile is highlighted, tiles you've read fade, and a counter shows your progress.

Privacy

Everything happens on your Mac. The page is written to a temporary file, opened, and deleted 30 seconds later. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Author

Adrian Ramon. Based on the Character-to-Index Mapping feature in TextFormatter.

Changelog

  • 1.0 (24 October 2026): first release.
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