Read Me Offline
Share an article or text, trim it, and hear it read aloud on-device
| Repo: | F-Droid Main |
| AppID: | io.loopstring.readme |
| Author: | Josh Shearer |
| License: | MIT |
| InRepoSince: | 2026-10-25 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2026-11-04 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 1.1.1 |
| Categories: | Reading, Text to Speech |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
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 Android
Obsidian 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.
WhatsNew:
Sharing a link already in your unread list opens it instead of adding it twice. New shares go to the bottom, and a long press lets you drag any unread item where you want it; existing items are listed oldest first. Trim's long-press menu is a proper sheet, the Reader's controls fit narrow screens and large text, and articles drop citation markers. Settings links the Obsidian plugin with setup steps; screen-off reading from Obsidian needs Local TTS Reader 0.3.0 or newer.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
