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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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Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader version history - 25 versions

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  • Latest version

    Version 1.77.0

    Released Dec 16, 2024 - 558.1 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later, android 113.0 and later
    - fix issue with Piper voice where changing speed affects pitch
    - fix issue with Piper tab not automatically closing after 15 minutes of inactivity

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Older versions

    Version 1.76.0

    Released Nov 29, 2024 - 557.83 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later, android 113.0 and later
    - fix Android local offline voices never gets picked when voice is "auto-select"
    - fix Test button (in options) not working for voices that require further user action, e.g. granting permission, logging in, etc.

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.73.0

    Released Sep 11, 2024 - 476.33 KB
    Works 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 reporting

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.72.0

    Released Jun 13, 2024 - 475.84 KB
    Works 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 Android

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.71.0

    Released May 29, 2024 - 476.06 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later
    - fix click-to-seek ability when using Piper voices

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.70.0

    Released May 23, 2024 - 475.97 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later
    - add support for nVidia Riva, OpenAI, and Azure custom voices

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.69.0

    Released Apr 8, 2024 - 472.89 KB
    Works 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 voices

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.68.0

    Released Mar 29, 2024 - 471.55 KB
    Works 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 function

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.67.1

    Released Jan 9, 2024 - 404.34 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 113.0 and later
    - This build fixes broken extension on Firefox for Android

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.67.0

    Released Jan 3, 2024 - 404.33 KB
    Works 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 License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.66.0

    Released Sep 16, 2023 - 404.28 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - Fix extension not working on Kindle reader website

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.65.0

    Released Aug 2, 2023 - 404.24 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - Fix problem reading epub files with EPUBReader extension

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.64.0

    Released Jul 9, 2023 - 404.26 KB
    Works 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 improvements

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.63.0

    Released Mar 31, 2023 - 298.22 KB
    Works 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 License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.62.0

    Released Feb 21, 2023 - 295.75 KB
    Works 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 reliable

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.61.0

    Released Jan 31, 2023 - 295.75 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - improve support for reading aloud OneDrive documents, Google Docs, and Kindle books

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.60.1

    Released Oct 22, 2022 - 297.93 KB
    Works 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 License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.59.1

    Released Aug 31, 2022 - 295.97 KB
    Works 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.org

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.58.0

    Released Jul 30, 2022 - 293.89 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - Improve language detection
    - improve error reporting

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.57.0

    Released Jul 20, 2022 - 293.78 KB
    Works 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 rereading

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.54.2

    Released Apr 20, 2022 - 292.63 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - updated AmazonPolly voice list

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.54.1

    Released Apr 4, 2022 - 292.44 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - Fix Google Docs support
    - Add OneDrive Docx support

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.52.1

    Released Feb 19, 2022 - 289.12 KB
    Works 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 Linux

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.52.0

    Released Feb 10, 2022 - 289.09 KB
    Works 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 fails

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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  • Version 1.51.0

    Released Feb 6, 2022 - 288.84 KB
    Works with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 and later
    - Improved integration with Read Aloud Google Docs addon

    Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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