Calibre 9.16 adds Kokoro voices and Camoufox browser support
Key Takeaway
Calibre 9.16 introduces high-quality Kokoro voices for reading aloud and uses Camoufox to download news from restricted websites.
Summary
The Calibre 9.16 release introduces significant improvements to the e-book manager's features. It adds support for Kokoro voices in the Read Aloud tool for more natural speech and integrates the Camoufox headless browser to facilitate news downloads from websites that block automated access.
New features in Calibre 9.16
- Read Aloud improvements: Integration of Kokoro voices, which provide more natural sounding speech compared to the previous Piper voices, particularly for English.
- News downloading: Implementation of the Camoufox headless browser to bypass automated access blocks on certain websites.
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