Chorus Reader 3.0 is the biggest update we have ever shipped. A BOOKSTORE, BUILT IN • The new Chorus Library: more than a hundred hand-picked classics, free for every reader • Play Sample narrates a passage of the actual book on your device, in your chosen voice — hear it before you shelve it • Papers: curated open-access research, organized by field, with the reason each paper was chosen written next to it • Your RSS feeds now live in the store's Feeds section • One tap moves any of it into your library, ready to narrate A LIBRARY THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE • A redesigned bookcase with covers, on iPhone and iPad • Filter by shelf — Books, Papers, Imports, Feeds — plus Favorites and audio-ready ALL-NEW ENGINE LINEUP • Personal: clone any voice from 15 seconds of audio and let it narrate whole books — entirely on-device. English is built in; Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese packs download when you want them • Premium (on higher-memory iPhones and iPads): our most expressive engine, with per-character multi-voice narration • Standard: 40+ voices, now narrating in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Hindi — still free • Smarter first-chunk scheduling: narration starts sooner after you tap Generate A MORE RELIABLE LISTEN • Playback position is saved continuously — interruptions never lose your place • Interrupted narrations resume exactly where they stopped, with a Resume button right in the error message • Honest progress and time estimates while audio generates • Voice recordings are stored safely and survive system cleanups ALSO • Save to Chorus: share articles straight from Safari • Optional iCloud sync keeps your reading position in step across devices • Redesigned engine picker with clearer speed and quality guidance • Playback speed is remembered between sessions • Better error messages across import, feeds, sharing, and purchase restore • Accessibility: improved text contrast throughout

1.3.1 Removed on device management of models\voices - app ships with all engines bundled 1.3.0 - Clearer audio — Fixed dropouts between paragraphs, garbled word beginnings at chapter breaks, and clipped first syllables after pauses - Rock-solid resume — Completely rebuilt audio persistence: each chunk is now saved as its own file and stitched into the final audiobook on completion. Closing the app mid-generation and reopening picks up exactly where you left off — no more mismatched text and audio, no matter when the interruption happens - Better voice cloning — Cloned voices are louder and more faithful to your recording - Lock screen controls — Play, pause, and skip from Control Center now work reliably, including resuming after pause - Stays on your place — The app no longer jumps to the latest generated chunk while you're listening earlier in the book - Accessibility — Full VoiceOver support, labeled controls, Reduce Motion support for all animations - Reliable resume — Closing the app mid-generation and reopening now picks up exactly where it left off with no mismatched text - Stability fixes

- Clearer audio — Fixed dropouts between paragraphs, garbled word beginnings at chapter breaks, and clipped first syllables after pauses - Rock-solid resume — Completely rebuilt audio persistence: each chunk is now saved as its own file and stitched into the final audiobook on completion. Closing the app mid-generation and reopening picks up exactly where you left off — no more mismatched text and audio, no matter when the interruption happens - Better voice cloning — Cloned voices are louder and more faithful to your recording - Lock screen controls — Play, pause, and skip from Control Center now work reliably, including resuming after pause - Stays on your place — The app no longer jumps to the latest generated chunk while you're listening earlier in the book - Accessibility — Full VoiceOver support, labeled controls, Reduce Motion support for all animations - Reliable resume — Closing the app mid-generation and reopening now picks up exactly where it left off with no mismatched text - Stability fixes

Thank you for listening, dear Chorus Readers!\ Your feedback helps make the app better 1.2 Fixes: Bug fixes + optimization for new voice model and background functionality fixes + accessibility Voice Over fixes

New Features - New voice model for ultra-fast audio generation on the phone + background playback! - Voice cloning pipeline — "Clone Your Voice (Beta)" button in generation wizard for Chatterbox engines. Records voice → passes to ChorusTTS.cloneVoice() → generates with your voice - Font size control — A+/A- toolbar buttons (13pt–25pt range, persisted) - Continuous speed slider — replaces 5 discrete pills, 0.5x–3.0x with 1.0x snap detent, persisted - AirPlay route picker — in player controls (iOS + macOS) - WAV export on iOS — via share sheet (was macOS-only) Bug Fixes - Kokoro buzzing audio fix - CloudSync atomic file replace — replaceItemAt instead of remove+copy (prevents data loss on crash) - CloudSync iCloud placeholder check — validates download status before copying evicted files - VoiceRecorder cleanup — stops recorder + deactivates audio session on dismiss - Background handling engine-aware — Kokoro (CoreML/ANE) continues in background; only Chatterbox (Metal) cancels - Bookshelf progress cached — @State instead of JSON decode on every render Accessibility - VoiceOver generation announcements — phase transitions, chunk count (every 5), generation complete - Progress accessibility values — .accessibilityValue on generation status