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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Version 1.77.0
Released Dec 16, 2024 - 558.1 KBWorks 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 inactivitySource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Version 1.76.0
Released Nov 29, 2024 - 557.83 KBWorks 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
Version 1.73.0
Released Sep 11, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.72.0
Released Jun 13, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.71.0
Released May 29, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.70.0
Released May 23, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.69.0
Released Apr 8, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.68.0
Released Mar 29, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.67.1
Released Jan 9, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.67.0
Released Jan 3, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.66.0
Released Sep 16, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.65.0
Released Aug 2, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.64.0
Released Jul 9, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.63.0
Released Mar 31, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.62.0
Released Feb 21, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.61.0
Released Jan 31, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.60.1
Released Oct 22, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.59.1
Released Aug 31, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.58.0
Released Jul 30, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.57.0
Released Jul 20, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.54.2
Released Apr 20, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.54.1
Released Apr 4, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.52.1
Released Feb 19, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.52.0
Released Feb 10, 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 License v3.0 only
Version 1.51.0
Released Feb 6, 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 License v3.0 only