New in version 1.1.0
Read Me now plays the speech itself, so media keys, the lock screen and headset buttons control it with any voice engine. Notes read from Obsidian through the bridge keep going with the screen off (with the plugin's new version). With Continuous play on, the next item starts sooner and an open Reader follows it. Settings can switch back to the engine's default voice. TalkBack reads each paragraph's text, and an item that cannot be opened says so and offers Retry.
Read Me Offline reads articles and text aloud with the text-to-speech voice already on your phone. Share a link from your browser or selected text from any app, cut the parts you don't want, and listen with the screen off.
Share it, trim it, listen to it
- Share a link and Read Me Offline fetches the page once and keeps only the article.
- Share selected text from any app and it is ready to read straight away.
- Trim before you listen: tap a paragraph to cut it (a newsletter plug, a comment section), or cut everything before or after a point. Cuts are never destructive; tap again to restore.
- The sentence being read is highlighted, and playback keeps going with the screen off. Media buttons and headset controls work.
- Speed from 0.5x to 4x. Your place is saved as you go, and finished items move to the Archive.
Private by design
- Speech is made on your phone by Android's text-to-speech engine. Voices that need a network connection are never offered or used.
- The only network request is fetching a link you shared, or retrying one when you ask. No accounts, analytics, crash reporting, ads or update checks.
- What you save stays in the app's private storage and is never written to logs. Deleting an item deletes its text.
A voice for Obsidian on AndroidObsidian on Android gives plugins no way to use the phone's speech engine. Read Me Offline can run a small speech service, reachable only from the phone itself, that the local-tts-reader Obsidian plugin uses to read your notes aloud with the same on-device voices. It is off until you turn it on in Settings.
Read Me Offline needs a text-to-speech engine with at least one offline voice. Most phones have one; if yours doesn't, the app tells you and links to Android's speech settings.
Versions
Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.
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x86_64
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
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run foreground service
Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
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run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
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have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
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run at startup
Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
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prevent phone from sleeping
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
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io.loopstring.readme.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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x86
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
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run foreground service
Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
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run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
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have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
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run at startup
Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
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prevent phone from sleeping
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
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io.loopstring.readme.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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arm64-v8a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
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run foreground service
Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
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run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
run at startup
Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
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prevent phone from sleeping
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
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io.loopstring.readme.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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armeabi-v7a
This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.
It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
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view network connections
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
-
run foreground service
Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
-
run foreground service with the type "mediaPlayback"
Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "mediaPlayback"
-
have full network access
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
-
show notifications
Allows the app to show notifications
-
run at startup
Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
-
prevent phone from sleeping
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
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io.loopstring.readme.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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