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Google Read Aloud

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Verify Google Read Aloud IP Address

Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Google, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.

Google Read Aloud is a Google service that fetches webpage content so it can be converted into spoken audio for users. It retrieves the main text, metadata, and structural elements needed to generate accurate audio playback. These requests are user-initiated, not part of Google Search crawling, and do not affect indexing or rankings. Crawl activity is minimal and focused solely on the specific pages users choose to listen to. Its purpose is to enhance accessibility and on-the-go reading experiences. It ignores the global user agent (*) rule. RobotSense.io verifies Google Read Aloud using Google’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine Google Read Aloud traffic is identified.

This bot does not honor Crawl-Delay rule.

User Agent Examples

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/138.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Google-Read-Aloud; +https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1061943)

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 (compatible; Google-Read-Aloud; +https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1061943)
Example user agent strings for Google Read Aloud

Robots.txt Configuration for Google Read Aloud

Robots.txt User-Agent:Google-Read-Aloud

Use this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target Google Read Aloud.

Recommended Configuration

Our recommended robots.txt configuration for Google Read Aloud:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Allow: /

Completely Block Google Read Aloud

Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /

Completely Allow Google Read Aloud

Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Allow: /

Block Specific Paths

Block this bot from specific directories or pages:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

Allow Only Specific Paths

Block everything but allow specific directories:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/

Set Crawl Delay

Limit how frequently Google Read Aloud can request pages (in seconds):

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10

Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.