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CLUSTER TEXT-ALOUD-READS · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-21

macOS on-device TTS readers

The cluster is composed of macOS utilities that read selected text aloud via hotkey using on-device text-to-speech. The dated entry history is too thin to read a shape from, as no entries were recorded before the index start. Among the traction leaders, speaky leads with 2 stars, followed by nagara with 1 star, and speak-kokoro with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUL 2020: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 4OCT 2026: 3
JUL 2020OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 4 hobby · 2 indie · 2 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01YapYap2★1 dayliveindieMac app that reads any on-screen text aloud with word highlighting and types dictated speech into any application, all on-device.
  2. 02nagara1★17 days—hobbyA macOS menu-bar player that reads copied text aloud in a chosen voice, letting users listen to articles, novels, and AI responses hands-free.
  3. 03speak-kokoro0★23 days—hobbymacOS utility that reads selected text aloud with a hotkey using on-device speech synthesis.
  4. 04lilt0★12 daysliveindiemacOS app that reads selected on-screen text aloud with word-by-word highlighting on the original screenshot for accessibility.
  5. 05SmartVoice0★12 daysliveopen sourceSpeech synthesis app that reads text aloud in multiple languages and automatically selects the appropriate language for each input.
  6. 06speaky2★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar app that reads selected text aloud with system-wide hotkeys and playback controls for accessibility.
  7. 07Aloud2★1 mo—Text-to-speech app for macOS that reads selected text aloud using local voices.
  8. 08VibeRead2★1 moliveDesktop app for macOS that provides dictation, reads text aloud, and supports configurable shortcuts for launching actions.
  9. 09SonjaTalkAloud0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop utility that reads selected text aloud in any Windows application using a configurable hotkey and a personal speech service key.
  10. 10aloud0★1 mo—macOS tool that reads selected text aloud on hotkey press, using on-device text-to-speech.
  11. 11jspeak0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA text-to-speech reader that monitors the system clipboard and reads copied text aloud with additional listening features.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.