A free EPUB reader that reads your books aloud.
Augre is a desktop reading app for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It narrates books with voices that run on your own computer, and it has live voice rooms so you can read with friends. You don't need an account to use it.
Read-aloud that runs on your computer
Augre has three voice models to choose from: Kokoro, Kitten, and Piper. You download one once, and from then on every word is spoken by your own machine. No connection needed, and no audio sent anywhere.
The sentence being spoken is highlighted so you can follow along on the page. You can change the speed and volume while it plays, and it keeps reading across page turns.
Live voice rooms for reading together
Start a room, invite people by email, and talk while you read. Augre shares the book with everyone in the session, so nobody has to go find their own copy first.
If you lose your place, jump straight to wherever the leader is. Small markers on the page show where everyone else is reading.
A solid reader underneath
Your books sit in a library with their covers and details filled in. Augre remembers where you stopped, the table of contents is a click away, and you can set the fonts, themes, and layout however you like.
All of it works without an account. Signing in is optional, and only there to sync your library between machines and to join reading rooms.