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Release log.

Every major iteration of Lector, newest first. We version what we ship and keep building within the version you own.

Versioned, not dated. The number is the reference.

2.0The rebuild — write it, hear it backIn development

Lector is being rebuilt around one idea: you catch what's wrong with your writing when you hear it. Coming soon.

  • Read-aloud with word-level highlighting that skips code, URLs, and table syntax — it reads your prose, not your markup.
  • Click any sentence to resume from it; editorial marks (FIX / GOOD / QUESTION / REWRITE / CUT) that survive edits and travel with the document.
  • One document, two honest views: raw source and formatted text, always in sync.
  • Light and dark themes that follow your system; a full keyboard and screen-reader pass.
  • Natural offline neural voices in progress — no cloud, no subscription, your text never leaves the machine.
1.0.2

Read mode renders Markdown correctly in the packaged app.

  • Fixed an asset-path bug that left raw ** and ## markers showing instead of formatted text.
1.0.1

Voice cloning no longer blocks startup.

  • The voice-cloning engine loads lazily in the background, so the editor and built-in voices are usable immediately instead of waiting behind a load screen.
1.0.0First public release

The complete editor: read your draft back to you, in your own voice if you want, with everything kept on your machine.

  • Distraction-free Markdown editor with read-aloud in twelve built-in voices.
  • One-shot voice cloning from a short reference clip.
  • Age-encrypted document vault keyed to the operating-system keychain.
  • Position memory per document, .docx import, dark mode, keyboard-driven playback.
  • Standalone Windows installer with an embedded runtime and a bundled speech model for a fast first launch.
0.5.0Release hardening

Made it solid enough to ship.

  • Isolated the speech and cloning engines into their own worker processes for stability.
  • Bundled the built-in speech model so the first launch is fast on a clean machine.
  • Added a local-first crash and error-reporting flow that sends nothing automatically.
0.4.0Packaging pivot

Moved to a real Windows application.

  • Adopted a Tauri application shell with an embedded Python runtime and a proper installer, replacing the earlier bundling approach.
0.3.0Local-first backend

Everything moved onto your machine.

  • Encrypted document library, license management, and a local backend that runs entirely offline.
0.2.0The listen-edit loop

The core idea took shape.

  • Added the Reader view and the listen-while-you-edit workflow, with backstep-on-pause and position memory.
0.1.0First build

Where it began.

  • Initial Markdown editor with local read-aloud. Originally released as ScriVocalis, later renamed to Lector.