OpenReaderRead-along document reader with text-to-speech, synchronized highlighting, and audiobook export.MIT
Read-along document reader with text-to-speech, synchronized highlighting, and audiobook export.
OpenReader turns EPUB, PDF, TXT, Markdown and DOCX documents into synchronized read-along audio, with word highlighting and background generation. It can use self-hosted speech servers or cloud text-to-speech providers and export audiobooks as M4B or MP3. Self-hosting options include Docker, configurable database and object storage backends, and a separate compute worker for document processing.
OpenReader official README · Reviewed 2026-10-14
- 01 / Feature noteProgressive listening
Start playback when the first audio segment is ready while background generation continues ahead.
Feature source ↗ - 02 / Feature noteAudiobook export
Export M4B or MP3 audiobooks assembled from the same cached audio used for read-along playback.
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