Iris

AI assisted hands-free browsing with voice control

Use the web by speaking

Iris is an extension for Google Chrome. Talk to it as you would to a person: it opens websites, reads pages aloud, types for you and gets things done on websites, step by step.

Coming soon to the Chrome Web Store How it works

Free for individuals and small businesses. Your voice stays on your computer.

The guided setup reads itself aloud: "Do you use a screen reader?", with its answers as large cards

What Iris does

For anyone who can't easily use a mouse, keyboard or screen, and anyone who would like their hands free.

  • Completely hands-free

    Say "Hey Iris", or press one key and talk, or press a key and type. Spoken replies and sound cues mean you don't need to see the screen.

  • Reads the web to you

    Pages, headlines, summaries, reviews and your emails, read aloud. Say "more" to carry on and "stop" to stop. It can describe pictures too.

  • Gets things done

    Say what you want, like "find the opening hours" or "add it to my basket". Iris tells you its plan, then works through the page step by step.

  • Your voice stays with you

    Speech is recognised on your computer and never uploaded. No account, no analytics, no ads and no tracking.

  • Asks before anything important

    Iris asks you to confirm anything that can't be undone, such as sending or deleting. It never types a password you say, and it never places an order.

  • Works with your screen reader

    Designed to work alongside VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS and ChromeVox. Iris can give its replies to your screen reader instead of speaking over it.

See Iris at work

  • On a recipe page, Iris reads out the headings after "Read the headings"; say a number to go there
    On a recipe page, Iris reads out the headings after "Read the headings"; say a number to go there
  • Every command listed in plain words, with a box to find one
    Every command listed in plain words, with a box to find one
  • Iris's menu: type a command, see what Iris heard and did, and stop anything still running
    Iris's menu: type a command, see what Iris heard and did, and stop anything still running
  • Safety checks: Iris asks you to say "confirm" before anything that can't be undone
    Safety checks: Iris asks you to say "confirm" before anything that can't be undone

Everyday things, by voice

  • "Read me the headlines", then "open the second one"
  • "Read my emails" and "reply saying I'll be there at six"
  • "Search for train times to Leeds"
  • "Play Ella Fitzgerald", "pause", "skip ad"
  • "What's on this page?" and "go to the reviews"
  • "Set a timer for 10 minutes"

Iris works in 39 languages, all on your computer. More things to say

What you need

  • Google Chrome 121 or newer, on Windows, macOS, Linux or ChromeOS
  • A microphone, and headphones if you can: they stop Iris hearing itself
  • For Chrome's built-in AI: a recent computer with enough free space and graphics memory. Without it, Iris uses its own smaller AI on your computer.

AI can make mistakes. Iris can mishear you or misread a page. Check anything important. Iris is an aid and doesn't replace your screen reader.

Free for individuals and small businesses

Iris is free for you to use yourself, and for businesses, charities and other organisations with yearly revenue under £5 million. Larger organisations need a licence.

Ask about a licence Read the licence