voca
Text to speech app for GrapheneOS. Reads aloud any text you share with it. Free and open source, local first & offline. Fully value for value, zap to pay the devs.
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17h ago
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6d ago
This update improves core functionality for text-to-speech and audio-text synchronization.
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**Features**
- **MP3 Playback with Text Highlighting**: Words highlight in sync with audio playback for visual tracking.
- **PDF-to-MP3 Conversion**: Extract text from PDFs and generate corresponding audio files.
- **Text Input Flexibility**: Directly paste or share text into the app for instant TTS processing.
- **Basic Playback Controls**: Pause and resume audio during playback.
- **Project Persistence**: Load and play pre-exported JSON+MP3 file pairs to revisit saved sessions.
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This release focuses on foundational stability for future iterations. Feedback is welcome as we refine the experience. Zap if you want to thank the devs.
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1w ago
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1w ago
Key changes:
- Improved MP3 generation
- PDF text extraction
- Enhanced TTS controls (pause/resume, crash prevention)
- Fresh UI with pretty buttons
- Fixed critical build errors and UI refinements (text selection, exclusive audio controls)
- Streamlined layouts and dependency updates for stability
Expect smoother performance, new features, and a better user experience.
Your feedback fuels our next updates, and your zaps help pay and motivate the devs!
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1w ago
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2w ago
If you want to release fast and furiously, consider reviewing and forking the code for your project.
https://git.nostrdev.com/voca/voca/src/branch/main/.gitea/workflows/release-zapstore.yaml
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voca
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2w ago
Sats earned on zaps: 400 000
Not yet profitable, but also not nothing.
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2w ago
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2w ago
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2w ago
In my ideal world, there is some nostr based app/system that grabs news articles/blogs from sites that I like to read from (maybe use @utxo the webmaster 🧑💻 news bots?) and filters out subjects that don't interest me (some sort of ai integration?), then aggregates those articles into a single podcast using something like Voca (maybe you can assign different voices to different sections of text to vary sound and flow), that can then be accessed by AntennaPod/Foutain or any other podcast app via RSS. Maybe the articles are seperated by timestamped chapters? You could then set a time that it shows up in your feed, lets say 5am, for your commute to work.
This would be amazing.
@jack @odell @Derek Ross @Fountain
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2w ago

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2w ago
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4w ago
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#Introductions
Voca is a text-to-speech application, built by cypherpunks for cypherpunks.
Voca is free and open-source, designed exclusively for GrapheneOS. It operates fully offline with zero Google dependencies.
You can queue and render text instantly, no tracking, no ads, no compromises. Just text read aloud for you.
Development is funded exclusively by donations: the more you zap, the more we ship.
Voca is just getting started, so if you want to see this app in reality, let us know we're on the right track with a fat zap to pay the devs.
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2w ago
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2w ago
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3w ago
Voca’s npub is barely a week old, our first release dropped yesterday, and already the community zapped over **300k sats** into existence.
Nostr is still a fledgling protocol, yet here we are—operating at a scale where decentralized funding can bootstrap an entirely new application that's nor even a nostr client.
This isn’t incremental change—it’s a new paradigm.
The message is clear: **Build. Ship. Repeat.** The future isn’t just bright—it’s already here, and it's a future where you can just build stuff.
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voca
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2w ago
This release fine tunes the release process and makes publishing to @Zapstore 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!
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3w ago
Voca’s npub is barely a week old, our first release dropped yesterday, and already the community zapped over **300k sats** into existence.
Nostr is still a fledgling protocol, yet here we are—operating at a scale where decentralized funding can bootstrap an entirely new application that's nor even a nostr client.
This isn’t incremental change—it’s a new paradigm.
The message is clear: **Build. Ship. Repeat.** The future isn’t just bright—it’s already here, and it's a future where you can just build stuff.
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2w ago
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2w ago
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2w ago
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3w ago
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3w ago
Voca’s npub is barely a week old, our first release dropped yesterday, and already the community zapped over **300k sats** into existence.
Nostr is still a fledgling protocol, yet here we are—operating at a scale where decentralized funding can bootstrap an entirely new application that's nor even a nostr client.
This isn’t incremental change—it’s a new paradigm.
The message is clear: **Build. Ship. Repeat.** The future isn’t just bright—it’s already here, and it's a future where you can just build stuff.
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npub16ykyd
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3w ago
Replying to @USER
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3w ago
Voca’s npub is barely a week old, our first release dropped yesterday, and already the community zapped over **300k sats** into existence.
Nostr is still a fledgling protocol, yet here we are—operating at a scale where decentralized funding can bootstrap an entirely new application that's nor even a nostr client.
This isn’t incremental change—it’s a new paradigm.
The message is clear: **Build. Ship. Repeat.** The future isn’t just bright—it’s already here, and it's a future where you can just build stuff.
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voca
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3w ago
Let voca read them for you!
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voca
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3w ago
This one has only some beautification, now the text box is always full screen.
Three releases in a day - if that's not worth a zap I don't know what is...
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voca
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3w ago
This release focuses on delivering a smoother experience with faster performance, fewer errors, and foundational backend upgrades to support future features.
Get it on @Zapstore
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3w ago
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3w ago

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npub1fkluk
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3w ago

Sherpa TTS
(A Text-to-Speech Engine for DeGoogled Phones)
Sherpa TTS (github.com/woheller69/ttsengine) is a really good open source Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine for Android phones. It runs locally on your phone, which means you aren't sending your data back to some Big Tech company to be collected, analyzed and sold to suspicious 3rd party entities, whether they be government and private.
Sherpa TTS works really well with apps such as:
- Navigation Apps:
- OsmAnd~
- Organic Maps
- Librera - You can turn any ebook file into an audio book using Sherpa as the Librera TTS engine.
- Voca - copy and share any text to Voca, which reads it back to you.
Pros:
- A ton of Language Packs
- Language packs have many voices
- Whisper AI based
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npub1wf4pu
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3w ago
- Looking or staring at nature, better light sources and relaxed eye focus
- Compensating predominant body posture, anterior pelvic tilt
- Lower cortisol
- Better chances of grounding or touching grass
- General cardiovascular health
I'm going to start using @voca instead of reading on my phone, and hope it can start TTS'ing more kinds of content. Maybe the other way round as well - commanding the phone by voice.
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voca
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3w ago
No accounts.
No tracking.
No hassle.
Your content, narrated your way.
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3w ago
Replying to @USER
We are still many dev hours away from that, so please zap if you want to see this happen sooner!
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3w ago
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3w ago
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voca
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3w ago
This release comes with a bunch of stability improvements.
Get it, test it, zap it.
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voca
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3w ago
Cumulative expenses: 1 200 000 sats
So far voca made 1 mil sat loss.
Let's see if we can get profitable by zaps alone.
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voca
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4w ago
GM & PV
#Introductions
Voca is a text-to-speech application, built by cypherpunks for cypherpunks.
Voca is free and open-source, designed exclusively for GrapheneOS. It operates fully offline with zero Google dependencies.
You can queue and render text instantly, no tracking, no ads, no compromises. Just text read aloud for you.
Development is funded exclusively by donations: the more you zap, the more we ship.
Voca is just getting started, so if you want to see this app in reality, let us know we're on the right track with a fat zap to pay the devs.
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3w ago
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3w ago
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3w ago
https://git.nostrdev.com/voca/voca/releases/tag/0.0.2
Try it, zap it, give feedback
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3w ago
It loads fast, and sounds great at high speed as well.
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3w ago
https://git.nostrdev.com/voca/voca/releases/tag/0.0.2
Try it, zap it, give feedback
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3w ago
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3w ago
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3w ago
Copy text, share to voca, start reading out loud.
Ship ugly but ship fast!
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voca
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3w ago
Read out loud any text shared with it.
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voca
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3w ago
Ever.
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3w ago
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4w ago
GM & PV
#Introductions
Voca is a text-to-speech application, built by cypherpunks for cypherpunks.
Voca is free and open-source, designed exclusively for GrapheneOS. It operates fully offline with zero Google dependencies.
You can queue and render text instantly, no tracking, no ads, no compromises. Just text read aloud for you.
Development is funded exclusively by donations: the more you zap, the more we ship.
Voca is just getting started, so if you want to see this app in reality, let us know we're on the right track with a fat zap to pay the devs.
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#asknostr #jobs
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3w ago
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4w ago
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4w ago
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4w ago
When you select text on a PDF or webpage, click the *Share* button to access three options:
1. **Read Now**: Instantly start reading the text aloud, with the Voca UI highlighting spoken words in real time.
2. **Queue**: Add the text to a background queue for later reading, similar to bookmarking.
3. **Create MP3**: Generate an audio file in the background and optionally send it to your podcast app queue.
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voca
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4w ago
But we only shill on nostr.
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4w ago
voca
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4w ago
GM & PV
#Introductions
Voca is a text-to-speech application, built by cypherpunks for cypherpunks.
Voca is free and open-source, designed exclusively for GrapheneOS. It operates fully offline with zero Google dependencies.
You can queue and render text instantly, no tracking, no ads, no compromises. Just text read aloud for you.
Development is funded exclusively by donations: the more you zap, the more we ship.
Voca is just getting started, so if you want to see this app in reality, let us know we're on the right track with a fat zap to pay the devs.
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npub1ymxyl
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4w ago
Users already lined up 🙋🙋🙋🙋
Zaps go all to Voca
voca
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4w ago
GM & PV
#Introductions
Voca is a text-to-speech application, built by cypherpunks for cypherpunks.
Voca is free and open-source, designed exclusively for GrapheneOS. It operates fully offline with zero Google dependencies.
You can queue and render text instantly, no tracking, no ads, no compromises. Just text read aloud for you.
Development is funded exclusively by donations: the more you zap, the more we ship.
Voca is just getting started, so if you want to see this app in reality, let us know we're on the right track with a fat zap to pay the devs.
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voca
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4w ago
When you select text on a PDF or webpage, click the *Share* button to access three options:
1. **Read Now**: Instantly start reading the text aloud, with the Voca UI highlighting spoken words in real time.
2. **Queue**: Add the text to a background queue for later reading, similar to bookmarking.
3. **Create MP3**: Generate an audio file in the background and optionally send it to your podcast app queue.
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