Read It Out v1.0.0

What's new

Read It Out is a browser extension for listening to selected text or full web pages with multiple speech engines.

Included in this release

• Browser Speech support for free built-in reading
• Kokoro Local support with packaged ONNX models
• Kokoro runtime options including WASM and WebGPU
• In-page selected-text mini player
• Floating page-reading dock
• Page content highlighting while reading
• Provider settings for ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Sarvam AI, Smallest AI, and Kokoro
• Smallest AI model selection
• Expanded Sarvam Bulbul v3 voice support
• Improved popup layout and footer visibility
• Matched text selection highlight color with the page-reader highlight

Release assets

This release will automatically attach:

• read-it-out-wasm-v1.0.0.zip
• read-it-out-webgpu-v1.0.0.zip

Notes

• Kokoro models are bundled with the extension
• WebGPU support depends on the browser and device
• API-based providers require your own API keys