SherpaTTS updates added some new text to speech models, so we tested which available models work best with nostr:nprofile1qqs0tj5e4fj8ljvy0tdkrdhdyqxek9vsjwjmjunvfe8zhxdlnlfj8rcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg4waehxw309ahx7um5wghx77r5wghxgetk9undltsg:

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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.

Get sherpaTTS on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0

This feature was added in the latest release!

In the browser click "share" and select voca (you can pin it too) and voca instantly starts to read the content of the website.

Both work, we recommend Sherpa with en_GB-southern_english_female-medium

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.

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!

Get Sherpa TTS on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0 and download the model en_GB-southern_english_female-medium

nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0 dependency management would be great!

We'll add some UX for making this clearer soon.

Thanks for the feedback!

Get Sherpa on zapstore and download the en_GB-southern_english_female-medium model.

Try a different TTS engine, it works well with en_GB-southern_english_female-medium

Thanks for testing, let us know how voca can be improved!

🔊 After weeks of silence, Voca v0.2.0 drops HUGE updates!

✅ PDFs load **blazing-fast** – even 500+ page docs play instantly.

🌐 Share any website with Voca, and it’ll start reading aloud *right away*.

🔖 New bookmark system tracks active reading positions across files (no more losing your spot!).

🚀 Download now on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0

Future updates will refine the UI for a sleeker experience.

Airplane mode? No problem. Voca works where other apps choke. Text, web, PDF—hit play and let your ears do the work.

Cooking dinner and need to catch up on reports? Voca reads them aloud while you chop. Multitasking made simple, private, and ad-free.

Thanks for tracking voca!

Thanks for the recommendation!

Sherpa is a good text to speech engine, and voca is a no bullshit TTS app for quickly reading text, PDFs and websites.

Get both on zapstore!

Multitaskers, unite: Voca reads your research papers, news articles, and manuals aloud while you grind. Offline. Private. No corporate garbage.

Yes, voca is in fact built primarily for GrapheneOS!

Update to v0.1.4, and make sure you have a text to speech engine installed, we recommend sherpaTTS, get both on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0a2g9gl.

Voca will never be on iOS, we only work on freedom tech stack, laser focus!

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.

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.

You know the devs are starting to figure it out when:

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.

Imagine: Your phone narrates news sites without tracking your clicks. Voca makes it real. Browse freely, listen privately.

Indeed, a new certificate was created for the new release process.

Thanks for the report!

The Zapstore release process was the major part of this release, so maybe something changed under the hood, we're investigating!

Just uninstall and reinstall should work.

voca v0.0.6 is released!

This release fine tunes the release process and makes publishing to nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0 a lot easier.

There are also continuous improvements to initializing the text to speech engine for a faster startup.

We're laying the groundwork for some major features in the upcoming releases, stay tuned!

Hate ads? Voca skips the nonsense. Just share, press play, and let your ears absorb the content. Clean, simple, and totally offline.

This is so true, voca is proof of it!

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Don't feel like reading BIPs?

Let voca read them for you!

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voca will be able to read out loud any PDF or copied text fully offline.