Three voice model families
Kokoro is the recommended model. Kitten is a lighter download. VITS Piper LibriTTS comes with a large set of voices.
Listen to your EPUBs with voices that run on your computer.
Augre reads the page out loud after a one-time voice model download. Pick a voice, set the speed, and follow the highlighted sentence as it goes.
Can Augre read EPUBs aloud?
Yes. Augre has a built-in read-aloud system for EPUB books. You download a voice model once, and after that the speech is generated on your device by the desktop app.
How read-aloud works
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Open a book in Augre.
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Choose a voice model: Kokoro, Kitten, or VITS Piper. Augre downloads it once.
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Pick a voice and press play. The current sentence is highlighted as it's read.
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Adjust speed and volume while it plays. Reading continues across page turns.
What you get
Sentence highlighting
The sentence being spoken lights up on the page, so your eyes and your ears stay together.
Playback controls
Speed, volume, pause, and resume sit right in the reader, and you can switch voices mid-book.
Keeps reading
Playback continues across page turns, and upcoming text is prepared ahead of time so there are fewer gaps.
Common questions
Does read-aloud need the internet?
Only to download a voice model the first time. After that, speech is generated locally on your computer.
Can I change the speaking speed?
Yes. There are speed and volume controls in the reader.
Does it highlight the sentence being read?
Yes, and you can turn highlighting off in settings if you prefer.