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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 4.18 in Docker flows and documented the 4.19 upload issue to improve deployment stability.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/richardr1126/openreader/compare/v2.1.2…v2.2.0