OpenReader
Self-hosted text-to-speech document reader with synchronized highlighting
Alternative to: speechify, natural reader, elevenlabs reader
About
Versions (51)
v2.2.0
2026-04-18✨ What’s New
Core Updates
- 🔊 Added Replicate TTS provider with support for custom Replicate models.
- 🧠 Improved TTS generation internals with centralized upstream response helpers, voice resolution logic, and stronger settings validation.
- ⏯️ Improved TTS playback controls with more reliable pause/resume handling via
pauseActiveHowl.
UI & Docs
- 🗂️ Updated document library wording from “Local Documents” to “Your Documents” for clearer navigation.
- 📚 Added Replicate provider documentation and published the docs snapshot for v2.1.2.
Stability & Ops
- 🐳 Pinned SeaweedFS to
4.18in Docker flows and documented the4.19upload issue to improve deployment stability.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/richardr1126/openreader/compare/v2.1.2…v2.2.0