Genie Reader v1.0.0

A signed, notarized .dmg build.

Genie Reader v0.9.0

Genie Reader v0.9.0 (pre-release)

Genie Reader turns articles, pasted text, and PDFs into natural-sounding spoken audio — entirely on your Mac. No cloud calls: article rewriting runs through a local Ollama model, and text-to-speech runs through local Kokoro TTS.

Features

• Three input types — paste a URL, paste raw text, or drop in a PDF
• Three reading modes — Verbatim (word for word), Natural (smoothed for speech), or Summary (condensed)
• 28 voices — American and British accents, female and male, picked from a popover with a play button on every voice so you can preview before you commit
• Reading history — past readings are saved locally with playback and script text, downloadable as .wav
• Light/dark theme, adjustable script text size

Installing

1. Download GenieReader-macOS.zip below and unzip it.
2. Move Genie Reader.app to Applications.
3. First launch: this build isn't code-signed yet, so right-click the app → Open (instead of double-clicking) to get past Gatekeeper's warning. You only need to do this once.
4. On first run, the app checks for Ollama and pulls a local model automatically if it's missing — this can take a few minutes on first setup.

Known limitations (why this is a pre-release)

• Unsigned/non-notarized — expect a Gatekeeper prompt on first open
• Requires Ollama installed (the app will offer to install it via Homebrew if missing)
• macOS only

A signed .dmg build is planned once notarization is set up.