A Windows system tray app that reads any highlighted text aloud using high-quality local TTS.
Select text in any application — browser, editor, PDF reader, anything.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+R from anywhere on your desktop.
Audio streams back instantly with a reader window highlighting each word in sync.
Follow along in a reader window that highlights each word as it's spoken, synced to audio timestamps.
Audio starts playing as soon as the first chunk arrives — no waiting for the full response.
Runs against a local Kokoro TTS instance. Your text never leaves your machine.
Lives quietly in the system tray. Configure voice, API URL, and appearance from the tray menu.
# Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/junothreadborne/steadyvoice.git cd steadyvoice # Build and run dotnet run --project src/SteadyVoice