• Improved email verification-code sign-in reliability, with clearer sending status and feedback for slow, offline, or timed-out requests. • Improved Listen to YouTube transcript reading with more accurate speaker changes and caption-language handling, plus more reliable synchronized highlighting and resume positions. • Fixed freezes and cumulative slowdowns after opening multiple videos; generated speech now uses session-only temporary storage and is cleaned up automatically.

• Improved YouTube transcript extraction reliability and clearer recovery when access is temporarily limited. • Moved the shared-content inbox into Settings and added quicker account access from Home. • Improved purchase restoration and Pro recognition for Sign in with Apple users.

• YouTube transcripts now support selecting from available subtitle languages. • Improved orientation handling keeps the transcript reader layout stable. • Faster loading and smoother transitions between paragraphs with audio prefetching.

• Added Listen to YouTube: paste or share a public video link to hear an available public transcript with CastReader TTS, synchronized highlighting, and automatic scrolling. • Voice choices now stay locked to your selection until you change them. • Faster transcript detection, clearer no-transcript feedback, better language selection, and more complete end-of-line highlighting.

• Improved Google Play Books sign-in recovery after account verification and intermediate Google pages. • Binding now returns safely to your shelf when a login continuation is blocked or stalls. • Kindle now supports 13 regional storefronts with safer sign-in and shelf routing. • Improved continuous Kindle reading and word highlighting across automatic page turns. • Improved connection diagnostics and overall reliability.

• Added a guided Kindle setup that recommends the right regional store, syncs your shelf, and lets you start with a selected book. • Expanded Kindle support across 13 regional sites, improving sign-in, shelf sync, long-read page turns, stopping, and recovery from Amazon cookie notices. • Rebuilt photo and document scanning for multi-column, rotated, and complex pages, with more accurate reading order and word highlighting. • Added Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts to read, explain, or continue recent content. • Fixed Google Play Books connection and improved content import, localization, dark mode, and overall reliability.

• Fixed Google Play Books connection so setup opens reliably and binding progress is clearer. • Added a guided Kindle first-run flow that recommends the right regional store, syncs your shelf, and lets you start with a selected book. • Improved long Kindle read-aloud stability across page turns, stopping, and free-quota boundaries. • Improved content import, localization, dark mode, and overall reliability.

Added Back-to-School Study Boost, a limited-time challenge: study on 7 different days by September 15. Import study materials and learn with synced highlighting and AI explanations.

• Added Google Play Books and Kobo connections: sync your library, then listen to or explain books page by page. • Added O’Reilly Learning, including supported institution and library access: sync eligible books from reading history, then listen to or explain long chapters. • Kindle now lets you choose your regional website instead of always opening the U.S. site. • Unified automatic and manual page turns, previous/next-page controls, cover artwork and lock-screen playback; improved dark mode, localization and stability.

• Eligible new subscribers can start monthly or yearly Pro with a 7-day free trial, with clearer pricing and renewal details • Added guided library setup to connect Kindle or WeRead and start your first read-aloud faster • German is now supported for read-aloud, text recognition and explanations, bringing CastReader to nine languages • WeRead now has more reliable sign-in, a native table of contents, and steadier reading and playback • Kindle books open substantially faster, and expired Amazon sessions now recover automatically • Library covers are cached locally for faster shelves • Improved plan and trial visibility before sign-in, mini-player layout, voice switching, and stability

• Added WeRead library sync with highlighting, automatic page turns, continuous read-aloud, and AI explanations • Added a Content Inbox for webpages, documents, text, and images shared from other apps • Added a localized Pro offer card and expanded 8-language import, OCR, TTS, and highlighting support • Improved Kindle pagination, voice switching, background playback, and stability

• Improved Kindle OCR, highlighting, and page transitions across 8 languages • Added in-player voice switching with redesigned controls • Improved background playback and page-to-page continuity • Fixed access checks and playback stability

• Full UI and TTS support for 8 languages • Expanded multilingual voice library • Improved language detection and photo OCR • Stability and interface polish

- Added 18 multilingual voices: 5 Japanese, 3 Spanish, 1 French, 3 Brazilian Portuguese, 2 Italian, and 4 Hindi. - Added language filtering for voices, with a relevant language selected by default so voices are easier to find. - Improved reliability and performance across reading, Explain, content imports, and subscriptions.

- Added 18 natural voices across Japanese, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, and Hindi. - Improved voice browsing by showing one relevant language by default, reducing unrelated voice clutter. - Added a searchable language picker for fast navigation as the multilingual voice library grows. - Improved Kindle reading recovery, playback continuity, and overall stability.

- Added Kindle table of contents access from the bottom player. - Improved Kindle chapter jumping with better loading and state handling. - Fixed TOC issues across portrait and landscape rotation. - Improved Kindle reading and explanation continuity. - Polished localization and release stability.

- Added Kindle table of contents access from the bottom player. - Improved Kindle chapter jumping with better loading and state handling. - Fixed TOC issues across portrait and landscape rotation. - Improved Kindle reading and explanation continuity. - Polished localization and release stability.

- Improved Kindle reading, page turning, and playback continuity. - Faster Kindle page preparation with smarter preloading. - Smoother AI explanations with fewer pauses between sections. - Better highlight stability when switching pages. - Improved landscape and dark/light mode support. - Fixed cases where two players could appear at the same time. - Updated English localization.

CastReader now supports Kindle read aloud on iPhone. Connect your Kindle library, open a book, and listen with synced highlighting, auto-scroll, background playback, and lock-screen controls. This update also improves Kindle page preloading, OCR accuracy, playback continuity, resume progress, Pro syncing, localization, dark/light mode, and library layout stability.

- Improved Pro account syncing: users who subscribed on the web or browser extension can now access Pro on iOS after signing in. - Enhanced Explain mode for long documents and PDFs, with smoother continuation between sections and better support for replaying explanations from the beginning. - Improved handwritten highlights and annotations in PDF Explain mode, reducing duplicate marks and overly long highlights. - Added better support for six Explain scenarios, including papers, books, reports, contracts, study materials, and manuals. - Fixed layout issues with thumbnails and images in the Library. - Improved stability, playback behavior, and overall reading experience.

• Instant Explain — AI explanations start almost 2× faster, playing the opening while the rest streams in. • Smoother annotations — Inked-stroke draw-on animation, unified color for Light & Dark Mode. • Native EPUB — On-device parsing with images and accurate layout; nothing is uploaded. • Smarter clipboard import — Offers a copied link/text once, no repeat prompts. • More reliable — Auto-retry on shaky networks, clearer messages, and stability fixes.

New dark mode, follows your system\n· Full English & Chinese UI\n· Word-level highlighting & continuous explain for PDFs\n· Local library history: filter, search, reopen\n· Stability & polish

CastReader iOS v1.2.0 Release Notes AI Character Analysis - Smart Detection: AI automatically identifies all characters and their dialogues from the book - Character Profiles: View personality, age, gender, and speaking style for each character - Relationship Map: Visualize character connections (lovers, family, friends, rivals, mentors) - Character Arcs: Track how characters evolve across chapters AI Avatar Generation - One-Click Generation: Generate AI-powered avatars for book characters - Batch Mode: Generate avatars for all characters at once - Regenerate: Not satisfied? Tap to create a new avatar Multi-Voice TTS - Distinct Voices: Each character gets a unique TTS voice based on their profile - Dialogue Highlighting: Current speech is highlighted in real-time - Character Badges: Colored badges appear before dialogues to identify speakers - Toggle Control: Enable/disable character tags in the Character Panel Emoji Emotions - Emotion Tags: AI analyzes dialogue sentiment and adds matching emojis - Bubble Animation: Emojis pop up elegantly above character badges - Celebration Effect: Floating emoji particles and confetti for emotional moments

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