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OpenVox roadmap.

What shipped, what is next, and how OpenVox is evolving.

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1.6.0

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Conversations, multi-speaker scripts, and a more polished voice workflow

Conversations

Script Import

Saved Voice Management

Voice Workflow Polish

Release spotlight

1.6.0 adds Conversations for multi-speaker scripts with up to 4 voices, direct `.txt` and `.pdf` import, saved voice renaming, and broader Voice Design improvements.

Introducing Conversations for multi-speaker scripts with up to 4 voices for interviews, skits, dialogue, and character scenes.
Import `.txt` and `.pdf` scripts directly into Conversations.
Voice Clone now warns when reference audio is longer than the recommended 10 to 20 seconds.
Rename existing saved voices in both Voice Clone and Voice Design.
Better layout, fuller space usage, and improved control styling across Local API and Voice Cloning.
Voice Design templates are now available for all supported languages.
Added the missing Italian language in Voice Design.

Direction

From voice app to local voice infrastructure.

Future roadmap

Next up

Planned

Watch Folder Automation

A watch folder that auto-converts any text file or document dropped into it using your preset voice and model, with no UI interaction needed.

Planned

SRT / Subtitle Export

Native .srt export so generated speech can drop straight into video editing timelines without hours of manual subtitle work in post-production.

Planned

Release history

Recent version history

Recent releases focused on Conversations, audiobook export improvements, workflow polish, model management, and reliability.

1.6.4

Audiobook export

Added M4B export for better audiobook compatibility with chapters and timeline support, and removed the slower MP3 export option.
Improved reliability and reduced memory usage when merging and exporting large audiobooks, with exports now up to 10x faster.
Added EPUB cover support, including thumbnail display inside the app.
Added cover artwork embedding for exported M4A and M4B audiobooks.
Fixed an issue where batch audiobook generation could show 100% progress before the final chapter had actually finished.

1.6.3

Export speed

Added an audiobook export format picker, with M4A selected by default for faster and smaller exports.
Added real export progress, showing actual bytes processed instead of a generic loading animation.
Audiobook chapters now use efficient M4A intermediates instead of large temporary WAV files, reducing storage usage by up to 10x.
Improved cleanup so temporary audiobook files are removed when books or chapters are deleted.
Added a completion dialog after successful export, with a Show in Finder button to reveal the exported file.
Polished the export save dialog for a cleaner, more consistent experience.

1.6.2

Settings access

Settings are now easier to access from the top title bar, helping you adjust preferences faster and keep your workflow smoother.

1.6.1

Conversations fix

Cloned voices and Voice Design voices now work correctly in Conversations and through the Local API.

1.5.0

Local API

Added OpenVox Local API support for AI agents and external tools.
Enhanced Voice Templates so gender tags stay in sync with the voice design input.
Added PDF import in AI Speech single mode for faster text-to-audio workflows.
Improved word replacements under Pre Processing so they apply more reliably.

1.4.1

Stability

Fixed reversed typing in Batch mode on older Macs.
Fixed microphone permission detection and recording access for voice cloning.

1.4.0

OmniVoice

Added OmniVoice support for more natural, expressive, and context-aware speech.
Expanded language coverage to 600+ languages with stronger multilingual performance.
Added new library voices for 25 more languages using the OmniVoice model.

1.3.0

Audiobooks

Added speed control support to more TTS models beyond Kokoro.
Improved the AI Audiobook experience across import, chapter handling, and export.
Added EPUB import for AI AudioBook.
Large ebook imports now show a proper loading animation to keep long imports responsive.
Merge and export now include processing feedback for long audiobook exports.
Individual chapters can now be deleted after ebook import.
Exported chapter filenames are cleaner and easier to sort.
Fixed batch paragraph editor text direction behavior for RTL languages on older macOS versions.
The Daily Power badge is now hidden when Pro is active.

1.2.3

Batch mode

Added support for custom model storage paths in Settings, including moving existing model files to a new location.
Batch Mode now supports importing text from .txt, .rtf, and .csv files.
Added a downloadable CSV template and faster cleanup with the Clear All button.

1.2.2

Fixes

Fixed a launch crash affecting users with M1 and M1 Max Macs.
Model downloads now persist across updates and do not need to be downloaded again after updating.
Paste now always inserts plain text, avoiding unwanted formatting from browsers and docs.
Fixed post-processing failures affecting silence removal and normalization.

1.2.1

Voice changer

Fixed an issue where AI Voice Changer could fail for certain audio clip lengths.
Improved AI Voice Changer processing for longer audio clips.

1.2

Voice design

Added Qwen3 TTS support with high-quality reference voice cloning across 10 languages.
Added Voice Design so you can describe a voice in natural language and generate a brand new reusable voice locally on your Mac.
Improved output generation times across the app.
Added a speech recognition helper for Voice Cloning that can detect the spoken reference script from uploaded samples.
Improved Model Manager download and setup flows.
Improved model memory management.

1.1

Core fixes

Fixed a Voice Conversion issue where MP3 inputs could fail during processing with a format error.
Fixed an issue where Manage Models opened the Kokoro model page instead of the main Model Manager page.
Fixed Resource Manager status so the currently loaded model is shown correctly instead of displaying "no model loaded" when a model is active.