# 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.

**Published:** 2026-10-22T07:25:46+00:00 
**Source:** Linux Today 
**Category:** distro-news 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/calibre-916-adds-kokoro-voices-and-camoufox-browser-support.html 

## 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.