OpenReader
Self-hosted text-to-speech document reader with synchronized highlighting
Alternative to: speechify, natural reader, elevenlabs reader
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Versions (51)
v2.1.0
2026-03-19✨ What’s New
Core Updates
- 🎧 TTS pipeline improvements: sequential lookahead preloading, better retry handling for transport failures, and explicit MP3 response defaults.
- 🐜 Issue #81 fixed: duplicate audio playback is now guarded against in the TTS provider flow.
- 🛠️ Audiobook generation refactor: chapter creation/generation logic moved further into the server-side pipeline.
- 📦 Audiobook export refinements: stream-copy optimization, duration validation, and improved chapter timing.
UI & Docs
- 🎨 Added five new light themes and refreshed Settings/Audiobook Export/Confirm dialog UX.
- ⚙️ Added a TTS Providers tab in Settings.
- 📚 Updated TTS provider documentation and Docker/SeaweedFS third-party license reporting.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/richardr1126/openreader/compare/v2.0.1…v2.1.0