Lilt 0.1.0

Lilt reads a selected part of your screen aloud and highlights each word in the original screenshot. Click a word to jump there.

First public release · Apple Silicon · macOS 15 or later · approximately 550 MB

Download Lilt for Mac · Website and demo

Install

1. Download and unzip the app, then move Lilt.app into Applications.
2. Open it. This release uses a persistent self-signed certificate and is not Apple-notarized. If macOS blocks it, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway after attempting to open Lilt.
3. Allow Lilt in Screen & System Audio Recording when you first capture.

Kokoro, 28 English voices, and their previews are included. No account, Python setup, or model download is needed for local reading.

Included

• Screen capture with word highlighting, click-to-seek, and floating playback controls.
• Configurable capture and clipboard shortcuts.
• Voice previews, reading history, automatic cleanup, and text/WAV export.
• Optional AI text filtering with your own provider and key.
• Signed Sparkle updates through Check for Updates… in the app.

OCR and speech stay on your Mac by default. Optional AI filtering sends the selected screenshot to the provider you configure.

Homebrew installation is also available:

brew tap theronburger/tap
brew trust --cask theronburger/tap/lilt
brew install --cask theronburger/tap/lilt

The same first-launch macOS approval applies.

Release files

The ZIP contains the application. checksums.txt lists SHA-256 hashes; the CycloneDX SBOM records bundled dependencies. GitHub build provenance is attached to the release artifacts. The corresponding-source archive includes the pinned copyleft components and build instructions. lilt-demo.mp4 is the short demo, whose editable source is in marketing/.

Lilt's original source is MIT-licensed. Bundled components retain their respective licences; see licensing.