1.4.1
Stability- Fixed reversed typing in Batch mode on older Macs.
- Fixed microphone permission detection and recording access for voice cloning.
Product roadmap
OpenVox roadmap.
What shipped, what is next, and how OpenVox is evolving.
Active milestone
1.5.0
Now shipping
Local API, faster everyday workflows, and a tighter voice design loop
OpenVox Local API
Enhanced Voice Templates
PDF import in AI Speech
More reliable text replacement
Release spotlight
1.5.0 brings Local API support, PDF import, stronger voice templates, and more reliable preprocessing.
Direction
From voice app to local voice infrastructure.
Future roadmap
Next up
Next up
Multi-Speaker Scripts
Handle dialogue between two voices in one script or generation, making it much easier to produce conversations, interviews, skits, and multi-character scenes.
Planned
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
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
The path to 1.5.0
Recent releases focused on language expansion, audiobook workflows, model management, and reliability.
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.