Text to speech for Mac
Let your Mac
read it aloud.
Select any text, tap one key, and a natural voice reads it to you.
Free · Version 0.1.3 · Apple silicon · macOS 26 or later
- Works across your apps
- Runs on your Mac
- Works offline
Some things are easier to hear than to read. Select a long email, an article, or an answer from your AI assistant, and tap one key. A natural voice reads it to you, right on your Mac. Speed it up when you are skimming. Jump back ten seconds when you miss something. And your text never leaves your computer.
Heart, the natural voice in the app. Every control.
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One key. That is the whole trick.
1Select text
In your browser, mail, a document or an AI chat.
2Tap Right Command
On its own. No menu, no window, no copy and paste.
3Listen
The reading starts, and a small bar appears with the controls.
Everything you need is on one small bar.
Try it right here. In the app you can also keep your hands on the keyboard: hold the reader key and press the key shown.
This bar is live. and try every button.
Back 10 seconds
Missed a line? Hear it again.
right ⌘←
Pause and resume
Stop mid-sentence and pick up there.
right ⌘Space
Forward 10 seconds
Skip what you already know.
right ⌘→
Your speed
From 0.75x to 3x, changed while it reads.
right ⌘⇧< >
Follow along
See the text with the current sentence lit. Click a sentence to read from there.
Stop
Close the bar. It comes back with your next read.
right ⌘Esc
Why people listen instead.
Rest your eyes
Long article, long day. Lean back and listen instead.
Get through more
Listen at up to 3x and finish the reading you keep putting off.
Catch your own mistakes
Hearing a draft read back shows what your eyes skip over.
Keep working
Let an email or an AI answer play while your hands do something else.
Your words stay on your Mac.
The built-in voices run on your computer, so the text you read is never uploaded. If you add a cloud voice of your own in Settings, text read with that voice goes to the service you chose. HoverSpeech sends daily counts only, never your text, history or pronunciations.
Sign in once with a free RambleProof account. After that it works offline.
Exactly what is sharedQuestions
Is HoverSpeech free?
Yes. It is free to download and use. You sign in once with a free RambleProof account.
Does it work offline?
Yes. After you sign in once, reading works with no connection. The voices run on your Mac.
Which voices can I use?
The voices already on your Mac, in many languages, and Heart, a natural English voice you can download inside the app. Heart uses about 525 MB of memory while it is loaded.
Where does it work?
Wherever you can select text: browsers, mail, documents, notes and AI chats. You allow Accessibility access once so it can read your selection.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. The text you read stays on your Mac. HoverSpeech sends daily counts only, such as how many reads you started and how many minutes you listened.
What does it need?
A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later.
What are the limits of this first release?
One natural voice, in English. Unusual numbers, symbols and currency ranges can sound wrong. Code copied from a web page may be read as prose. A selection inside Spotlight or Raycast may read the app behind it instead.
Something not working? In Settings, open Advanced, use Copy diagnostics and email hello@rambleproof.com. Diagnostics never contain the text you read.
Give your eyes a break.
Free · Version 0.1.3 · Apple silicon · macOS 26 or later