Show HN: Out Loud – open-source desktop TTS app for macOS/Windows/Linux

Category: other

Tags: text-to-speech, desktop-app, offline-ai

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Out Loud is a free, open-source desktop text-to-speech app that runs entirely offline using the Kokoro-82M AI model and ONNX runtime. It provides natural voices across 8 languages, supports browser extensions, and offers a local HTTP API, making it a practical privacy-focused alternative to cloud TTS services.

Target audience: general users, accessibility users, developers

Repository: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/out-loud · JavaScript · MIT · 7 stars

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