Notes from Yomite
Voice releases, engineering posts, usage guides, and Japanese literature picks. Everything happening where reading meets speech synthesis.
Free vs Premium — How Much of Yomite Is Actually Free?
Yomite free tier vs Premium (monthly, yearly or lifetime): daily listening time, pronunciation dictionary, iCloud sync and the grandfather guarantee.
Background import and audio cache for long serials
Yomite imports 5,000-chapter serials in the background, even after you close the app, and caches finished chapters as AAC for instant replay.
How much storage does Yomite need?
All 315+ voices ship inside Yomite, nothing extra to download. What uses space: the audio cache and imported books, plus High quality and Eco modes.
Reading screen settings: fonts, layout, night mode
Tune Yomite's reading display to your eyes: vertical or horizontal layout, five Japanese fonts, spacing, margins and an amber night tint.
Furigana app: read Japanese kanji while you listen
Turn on furigana for every kanji in two switches, then follow the highlighted sentence as Yomite reads it aloud. Where the settings are and what is free.
Sync your library across iPhone, iPad and Mac
How Yomite syncs library, bookmarks, positions and imported books across devices via iCloud (Premium), and how to back up with a .novelvoice file.
How Yomite reads numbers, units and dates aloud
Most TTS apps misread 100kg and dates. How Yomite normalizes dates, units, currency, math and formulas before synthesis, with before/after examples.
Hands-free listening with Siri and the lock screen
Control Yomite hands-free: Siri and App Intents, Quick Actions, Action Button, lock-screen controls and the chapter-based sleep timer.
Offline TTS on iPhone: How On-Device TTS Works
Can text to speech work offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac? What Yomite generates on the device, what still needs a connection, and what stays private.
Listen to Papers and PDFs: Commute Time as Study Time
Have textbooks, research PDFs and long articles read aloud in Yomite: variable speed, voice switching to stay focused, and study workflows.
Reading by Ear: Guide for Visual Fatigue and Dyslexia
Read without relying on your eyes: Yomite's lock-screen controls, furigana karaoke highlighting and adjustable playback for tired-eye nights.
Proofread Your Own Writing by Ear — a Yomite Workflow
Catch typos and awkward rhythm that silent re-reading misses: load your manuscript into Yomite and proofread by ear, with drafts staying on your device.
Find Untranslated Japanese Web Novels Worth Reading
How to find great untranslated Japanese web novels: which ranking pages to trust, how to judge by tags, and how to read ahead of fan translations.
How to fix Japanese TTS misreadings
Why Japanese TTS misreads fantasy names and invented kanji, and how to fix it for good with a per-novel pronunciation dictionary and starter list.
Year in Review: your listening stats in Yomite
Yomite's Year-in-Review dashboard turns a year of listening into shareable stats, earned badges, and real motivation to keep going. Here's how to use it.
Best Japanese TTS voice for each light novel genre
Isekai, romcom, horror, fantasy, mystery and more: pick the right voice and style from Yomite's 315+ Japanese voices by light-novel genre.
An offline Japanese TTS reader, no account needed
Yomite is an on-device Japanese TTS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac: offline, no account, no ads. Free up to 20 minutes a day; Premium optional.
Introducing Yomite — an offline Japanese TTS reader
Today we're launching Yomite for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Japanese character voices, all running 100% on-device. No cloud, no API keys, no upload.
How to have your iPhone read a web page aloud
Two ways to have an iPhone read a web page aloud: the built-in Spoken Content option, and Yomite's Web Reader for long articles, queues and other languages.
Aozora Bunko read aloud: a step-by-step guide
Listen to Aozora Bunko in Yomite: open the site from Recommended sites, add works to your library, pick a voice. Furigana handling included.
Featured Japanese voices: who to pick and when
A character-by-character tour of featured voices from Yomite's 315+ Japanese voices, with genre picks, style-switching tips and casting ideas.