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Perlegere
Perlegere is a minimal read-aloud web app built for focused, distraction-free listening. Paste any text — an article, essay, email, or document — and the app reads it back to you using the browser's built-in speech engine, with no accounts or external services required.
Designed with a dark, earthy palette inspired by editorial print — deep burgundy backgrounds, warm cream typography, and terracotta accents. Typeset in Space Grotesk and DM Sans.
features
- —Word-by-word highlighting that follows the reading in real time
- —Adjustable playback speed from 0.5× to 2×
- —Skip forward or back 10 seconds to navigate through the text
- —Estimated reading time displayed before playback, with time remaining shown live during reading
- —A scrubable progress bar to jump to any point in the text
- —Focused reading mode — the paste view transitions into a clean, full-screen reading experience when playback starts
- —Text is automatically saved in the browser so it persists across sessions
- —Keyboard shortcuts: Space to play/pause, arrow keys to skip, Escape to return to edit view
- —Fully responsive across desktop and mobile
mobile