A lightweight Windows desktop app that reads clipboard text aloud using AI Text-to-Speech engines. Trigger speech by copying the same text twice in quick succession.
Current Version: 0.0.1
bun install
bun run tauri dev- Multiple trigger modes: Double-copy (1.5s window), hotkey, or manual paste/play
- 5 TTS engines:
- Kitten TTS (default) — Ultra-lightweight CPU-optimized ONNX inference, 8 built-in voices
- Piper TTS — Local CLI engine with 20+ EN US voices
- Kokoro TTS — Local CLI engine with multiple voices
- OpenAI TTS — Cloud API with 9 voices
- ElevenLabs TTS — Cloud API with voice library support
- HUD overlay — Floating heads-up display with real-time waveform visualization
- History — Persistent TTS generation history with playback and batch management
- General: auto-start, debug mode, language (EN/ES with full i18n)
- Playback: speed (0.25x–4x), pitch (0.5x–2x), volume
- Triggers: double-copy window, hotkey configuration
- Sanitization: markdown stripping, text normalization
- Audio: output device selection, format conversion (MP3/OGG/FLAC)
- System tray — Quick access controls
- Auto-updater — Check and install updates from GitHub Releases
- Audio save mode — Save TTS output to files
- Dark/Light mode — Brutalist design with theme support
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | Rust (Tauri v2) |
| Frontend | Svelte 5, TypeScript, Vite |
| Package Manager | Bun v1.3 |
| Audio | rodio |
| UI | shadcn-svelte, Tailwind CSS v4.2 |
src/ # Svelte 5 frontend
├── lib/
│ ├── components/ # UI components
│ └── utils.ts # Utilities
└── routes/ # SvelteKit routes
src-tauri/src/ # Rust backend
├── main.rs # Entry point
├── config/ # Persistence modules
├── commands/ # IPC handlers
├── clipboard.rs # Double-copy detection
├── audio.rs # Playback
├── tts/ # TTS backends
└── sanitize/ # Text normalization
bun run tauri dev # Development server
bun run tauri build # Production build
bun run check # TypeScript/Svelte type check
bun run test # Frontend tests (vitest)
cd src-tauri && cargo test # Rust testsInitial release with core TTS functionality:
- Double-copy, hotkey, and manual triggers
- 5 TTS engines (Kitten TTS, Piper, Kokoro, OpenAI, ElevenLabs)
- HUD overlay with waveform visualization
- History management with batch operations
- Full i18n support (EN/ES)
- Auto-updater integration
See CHANGELOG.md for details.
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on how to get started, code style guidelines, and how to submit pull requests.
MIT
