Developer launches InkVoice, a local offline ebook-to-audiobook tool
11/11/2026 — 11/11, 10:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- A developer has released InkVoice on Reddit, a free local tool that converts EPUB and PDF books into audiobooks offline on standard CPUs, fe…
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On November 11, 2026, a developer posted about InkVoice in the Reddit community LocalLLaMA. According to the post, InkVoice is a free local tool that reads your own EPUB and PDF files aloud using local text-to-speech voices. It runs completely offline, so nothing gets uploaded, and there is no account or subscription required. The app runs on an ordinary CPU, with the application itself around 5 MB and the first voice model around 400 MB. The word being spoken stays highlighted as it is read aloud, and clicking any word starts playback from that point. Playback speed goes up to 2.5x without the chipmunk effect. InkVoice is available for Windows and Linux only so far, with no macOS version yet, and it does not work with scanned PDFs or DRM-protected books. Based on the available material, the story currently stands at this initial announcement, with no further updates reported.
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An independent developer has released InkVoice, a free and local app that converts EPUB and PDF books into audiobooks using local TTS voices. It runs entirely offline on standard CPUs with no cloud upload required.
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