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ReadMate
v1.0.11 (Store Listed · Latest Open Source)Turn web articles into a clean reading sanctuary - or import your own txt / Markdown / EPUB / PDF books and listen to them with synchronized neural narration.
✨ 🌟 Key Highlights
NEW: Book Page - read your own books
Import txt / Markdown / EPUB / PDF files and read them like a real book. Library, automatic reading progress, six eye-care themes, plus one-click export to a print-ready PDF or a standalone bilingual HTML file.
Immersive Clean Reader
Extracts main articles with one click, filtering all clutter, sidebars, and banner ads into a book-like sanctuary.
Millisecond Sentence Highlight Sync
Visual highlighting synchronized perfectly with neural voice narration to boost focus and reading comprehension.
World-Class Neural Voices
Access high-quality Edge neural voices in multiple languages for human-like, warm, and natural narration.
🛠️ Core Features & Highlights
🎧 Smart Punctuation & Sentence Splitting
Handles abbreviations, numbers, and quotations accurately for pleasant listening.
⌨️ Global Keyboard Shortcuts
Control playback smoothly with spacebar and arrow keys without breaking your focus.
📚 Book Import & Library
Drag a book into the Book Page, or right-click any .epub / .pdf link on the web. EPUB table of contents is read natively and ruby phonetics are stripped; PDFs are reflowed from the text layer with a clear error for scanned files.
🖱️ Tap-to-Confirm & Read From Any Sentence
Clicking a paragraph shows a small confirmation bubble before anything is spoken, and playback starts from the exact sentence you clicked - on web pages and in the Book Page alike.
📋 Version Changelog & Evolution
v1.0.11 (Latest)
- NEW: Dedicated 'Translation Board' with distraction-free side-by-side workspace supporting Microsoft Edge, Google Translate, and custom AI LLMs (DeepSeek/OpenAI)
- NEW: One-click natural neural voice playback for both source and translated text, plus AI tone customization
- IMPROVED: Fixed duplicate context menu warnings and redundant content script injection checks during extension updates
v1.0.10
- FIXED: the two action buttons beside the floating ball could not be clicked when the mouse moved slowly down through the gap - they now stay open and respond reliably
- IMPROVED: when the floating ball is dragged near the bottom of the screen, the action buttons open upwards so they remain reachable anywhere
- 12 new permanent regression assertions added so this class of floating-ball issue cannot slip into a release again
v1.0.9
- NEW: Book Page - import txt / Markdown / EPUB / PDF books with library, reading progress and six eye-care themes
- NEW: export a print-ready PDF or standalone bilingual HTML; right-click any .epub / .pdf link to send it to the Book Page
- Clicking a paragraph now shows a confirmation bubble before playing, and starts from the exact sentence you clicked
- Translation results stay pinned on screen; the floating ball can be dragged and no longer blocks page content when collapsed
- Interface fully localized in 8 languages; highlighting is now 100% layout-safe (headings keep their original size)
v1.0.8 / v1.0.7 (Compliance & Layout Fixes)
- v1.0.8: all traffic over HTTPS, clearing the plaintext-HTTP store compliance warning
- v1.0.7: fixed word-highlighting that shrank page headings; zero layout shift on original pages