Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader version history - 25 versions
Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader by LSD Software
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Latest version
Version 1.73.0
Released 11 Sep 2024 - 476.33 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- fix Azure voices could not be activated (#406)
- fix shortcut keys not working on PDF files
- improve error reportingSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
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Version 1.72.0
Released 13 Jun 2024 - 475.84 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- fix pause function when using built-in voices on Android
- fix GoogleTranslate voices not working on AndroidSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.71.0
Released 29 May 2024 - 476.06 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- fix click-to-seek ability when using Piper voicesSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.70.0
Released 23 May 2024 - 475.97 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- add support for nVidia Riva, OpenAI, and Azure custom voicesSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.69.0
Released 8 Apr 2024 - 472.89 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- Improve support for Kindle reader with prefetching and using Tesseract library to do OCR in-browser
- Fix issue with seeking when using Microsoft Desktop voicesSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.68.0
Released 29 Mar 2024 - 471.55 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- added Piper voices (Piper is a collection of high-quality text-to-speech voices created by the Piper Project, powered by machine learning technology. These voices are synthesized in-browser, requiring no cloud subscriptions, and are entirely free to use)
- fixed Kindle reader page-flipping functionSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.67.1
Released 9 Jan 2024 - 404.34 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- This build fixes broken extension on Firefox for AndroidSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.67.0
Released 3 Jan 2024 - 404.33 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later- Fix issue with context menu disappearing after disable/reinstall
- Add support for websites that use shadow DOM to display content (such as MSN.com)Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.66.0
Released 16 Sep 2023 - 404.28 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Fix extension not working on Kindle reader websiteSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.65.0
Released 2 Aug 2023 - 404.24 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Fix problem reading epub files with EPUBReader extensionSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.64.0
Released 9 Jul 2023 - 404.26 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Add ability to "use my phone" for TTS
- Show offline voices as a separate group for clarity
- Fix issue when using extension on Google Slides and Kindle Reader
- Minor UI improvementsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.63.0
Released 31 Mar 2023 - 298.22 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- For users whose OS offers no native TTS voices, auto-select will now fallback on using the "ReadAloud Generic Voice" instead of the "GoogleTranslate" voices (which required granting extra permissions).Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.62.0
Released 21 Feb 2023 - 295.75 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- some Firefox for Android users were having problem with the auto-selected GoogleTranslate voices, this version uses the "ReadAloud Generic Voice" by default which is much more reliableSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.61.0
Released 31 Jan 2023 - 295.75 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- improve support for reading aloud OneDrive documents, Google Docs, and Kindle booksSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.60.1
Released 22 Oct 2022 - 297.93 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- add Russian localization
- add "ReadAloud Generic Voice" for systems that don't provide decent quality voices
- fix issue where reading suddenly stops after a paragraph or two (Firefox 106)Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.59.1
Released 31 Aug 2022 - 295.97 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- removed announcement feature for compliance
- added Turkish internationalization
- fixed 'no text found' on certain pages on archiveofourown.orgSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.58.0
Released 30 Jul 2022 - 293.89 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Improve language detection
- improve error reportingSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.57.0
Released 20 Jul 2022 - 293.78 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- attempt to detect and ignore PDF header/footer and annotations
- add support for webnovel.com
- improve language detection when selecting only small amount of text to read
- fix support for Chegg ereader
- ensure Chinese voices show up properly in language preferences page
- fix problem with Google Docs where updates are not detected upon rereadingSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.54.2
Released 20 Apr 2022 - 292.63 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- updated AmazonPolly voice listSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.54.1
Released 4 Apr 2022 - 292.44 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Fix Google Docs support
- Add OneDrive Docx supportSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.52.1
Released 19 Feb 2022 - 289.12 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- update AmazonPolly voice engine to output OGG Vorbis instead of MP3 for better support in Firefox on LinuxSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.52.0
Released 10 Feb 2022 - 289.09 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- add a workaround for Google docs, only require the google-workspace-addon if workaround failsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.51.0
Released 6 Feb 2022 - 288.84 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Improved integration with Read Aloud Google Docs addonSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.50.0
Released 4 Feb 2022 - 288.76 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- Add option to show text highlighting in a separate browser window
- Add 'Options' menu item when user right clicks on extension icon
- Integrate with the Read Aloud Google Docs addonSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 1.48.0
Released 27 Sep 2021 - 287.56 kBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later- fix VitalSource page flipping
- can now read aloud LibbyApp website
- when reading Google Docs, user will be instructed to install the new GDocs addon
- smart handling of embedded PDFs
- disable Wavenet demo voicesSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0