Text to speech app for GrapheneOS.
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Last Notes npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca SherpaTTS updates added some new text to speech models, so we tested which available models work best with @nprofile…ltsg: npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Privacy isn’t dead. Voca proves it: zero servers, zero data harvesting. Paste a link, load a PDF, hit play. Offline freedom meets ethical design. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Get sherpaTTS on @nprofile…tdq0 npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca This feature was added in the latest release! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Both work, we recommend Sherpa with en_GB-southern_english_female-medium npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Imagine: Your phone reads **anything** to you while hiking, commuting, or cooking, no cell signal needed. Voca makes it real. No subscriptions, no ads, no spyware. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca PDFs draining your focus? Let Voca narrate them while you walk, stretch, or close your eyes. Fully offline. No accounts. Built by privacy nerds. Help building voca by zapping the devs! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Get Sherpa TTS on @nprofile…tdq0 and download the model en_GB-southern_english_female-medium npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca @nprofile…tdq0 dependency management would be great! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Get Sherpa on zapstore and download the en_GB-southern_english_female-medium model. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Try a different TTS engine, it works well with en_GB-southern_english_female-medium npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for testing, let us know how voca can be improved! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca 🔊 After weeks of silence, Voca v0.2.0 drops HUGE updates! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Airplane mode? No problem. Voca works where other apps choke. Text, web, PDF—hit play and let your ears do the work. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Cooking dinner and need to catch up on reports? Voca reads them aloud while you chop. Multitasking made simple, private, and ad-free. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for tracking voca! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for the recommendation! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Multitaskers, unite: Voca reads your research papers, news articles, and manuals aloud while you grind. Offline. Private. No corporate garbage. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Yes, voca is in fact built primarily for GrapheneOS! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Voca will never be on iOS, we only work on freedom tech stack, laser focus! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca v0.1.4 is released! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Accessibility meets privacy: Voca lets you listen to any document offline. No data shared, no accounts needed. Because everyone deserves to read without barriers. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca For the privacy-conscious reader: Voca processes everything on-device. Your PDFs stay yours. Listen, learn, relax—without Big Tech eavesdropping. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Your secret productivity weapon: Voca reads documents while you jog, commute, or tidy up. Maximize every minute without compromising privacy. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Traveling off-grid? Voca turns your phone into an offline library. Preload articles, manuals, novels, listen anywhere, no connection required. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Forget buffering and data fees. Voca works entirely offline, airplane mode approved. Your content, your terms, zero latency. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Stuck in a waiting room? Let Voca read your saved articles out loud. No signal? No problem. Your phone’s new superpower: instant audiobooks, anywhere. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Tired of screen time? Give your eyes a rest. Voca converts any text to speech instantly. No subscriptions, no data mining, just pure listening joy. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca **Voca 0.1.3 Released** npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Love ethical tech? Voca’s built by freedom tech devs who hate surveillance. Offline functionality means zero data leaks. Try the anti-Big Brother app. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks a lot! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca New voca v0.1.1 release is out, and this is a big one! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Night owl? Voca’s dark-mode narration lets you ‘read’ without glaring screens. Perfect for late-night learning sessions. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca We figured out an automated workflow pipeline for pushing releases to @nprofile…tdq0! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca You can load pdfs. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Sats spend on devs: 5 000 000 npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Voca uses any local text to speech engine. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca In fact we're doing it for your family, they miss you and want to spend more time with you! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Unfortunately at the moment large text and PDF are very buggy. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Your GrapheneOS just became an audiobook powerhouse. Voca turns articles, docs, even web pages into instant narration—no internet, no trackers. Love it? Zap it! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Turn your Android into a pocket narrator. Voca reads articles, PDFs, even web pages aloud—no Wi-Fi, no ads. Perfect for road trips or bedtime stories. Your eyes will thank you. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca utiliza su texto local para el motor del habla, así que cambia la voz allí y voca lo utilizará. le recomendamos sherpaTTS, conseguirlo en zapstore. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Voca is still far from being so feature rich, but eventually something like this is on the roadmap! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca convertir un PDF a audio está llegando en una futura versión, hasta ahora Mantenemos la característica súper pequeña para asegurar que los básicos funcionen de forma impecable. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca You know the devs are starting to figure it out when: npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca PDFs piling up? Let Voca declutter your mind by reading them aloud during your walk. No apps spying, no ads interrupting, just you and the content. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Imagine: Your phone narrates news sites without tracking your clicks. Voca makes it real. Browse freely, listen privately. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Indeed, a new certificate was created for the new release process. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for the report! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca v0.0.6 is released! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Hate ads? Voca skips the nonsense. Just share, press play, and let your ears absorb the content. Clean, simple, and totally offline. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Exactly, super bullish! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca turns any text into an audio book. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca This is so true, voca is proof of it! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Devs do acknowledged the need for easier clients. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Turn downtime into learning time. Voca reads saved articles while you’re between meetings or waiting for coffee. Knowledge on tap, no Wi-Fi needed. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca https://image.nostr.build/722220bf1d9a16816645ab11214e6eea1fc7adab47f7325db08b7d511e7e1822.gif npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Awesome, let us know how we can make it better! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Do you even realize how crazy the nostr is?! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Don't feel like reading BIPs? npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca v0.0.5 is released! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca v0.0.4 released! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca https://image.nostr.build/ae9d9c65ea7f4c1371a137b91d9959a0f3b337b92cab6a18604a13f7d2f4b09e.jpg npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Narrator: you don't... npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Keep zapping, it motivates the devs, we might get a second release today! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Step 4: get voca, share text, listen npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Step 4: get voca npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca "The bugs are being fixed by the developers right now." npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Yup indeed... npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Android has this: settings > accessibility > talk back npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca is here to 1) make freedom tech builders more knowledgeable, and 2) prolong their life. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca The post was about waiting for the devs to ship the first release. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Voca: Because sometimes you just want to close your eyes and listen. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Here you go: npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Great to hear it's working for you, let us know how to make it better! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca It works in obtainium already, but checkout @nprofile…tdq0, its better UX and better security. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for reporting the bug, we're already trouble shooting it! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Since today! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Voca relies on a local text to speech engine. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Wednesday is demo day #soveng npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca loaditfor.me is awesome! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca That's the third major feature on our roadmap: on any text/pdf/website, click share, convert to mp3, in the background voca runs the TTS engine, generates a mp3 and places it in a folder where your podcast app catches it and adds it to the queue. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Glad you like it! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca v0.0.3 is the first (of many) voca releases available on @nprofile…tdq0! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca voca v0.0.3 is now available on @nprofile…tdq0! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca yesterday! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Cumulative zaps: 210 000 sats npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Currently v0.0.2 has indeed a similar UX & feature set to sherpa, but already now you can highlight any text, click share, and then send the text to voca to start it reading. That's a big UX improvement already, and just the beginning. Soon you will be able to share pdfs, epubs or websites with voca to instantly start reading them. And eventually you can add text to a queue in voca to bookmark for later reading, kind of like a podcast app. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Your phone’s new party trick: instant audiobook conversion. Share a link and Voca narrates web content like a pro. No subscriptions, no spies. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Yes you can, paste the release link (not main repo link) in the app source. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca You will be able to add any PDF or epub to a queue in voca and let it read to you. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Tired of ads & data mining? Voca reads any text/PDF/website aloud 100% offline. Your eyes get a break, your privacy stays intact. Try it free, zap the devs if it improves your day. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca That's awesome! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Thanks for the report, forwarded to the devs! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca It's FOSS of course! npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca After some testing, we recommend the piper model en_GB-southern_english_female-medium in SherpaTTS. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Open Sherpa and download an engine, we recommend en_GB-southern_english_female-medium in the piper models. npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca Do you have a text to speech engine installed? npub17h9fn2ny0lycg7kmvxmw6gqdnv2epya9h9excnjw9wvml87nyw8sqy3hpu voca #nevent1q…xupm
