Hey Product Hunt, Gustav here from Epilude. Epilude is the voice productivity suite for your Mac we wish Apple would build, with dictation, meeting recording and now, text-to-speech with voices you'll actually like listening to with Narrator.
Today we're expanding Epilude with Narrator, a completely private text-to-speech tool that narrates any test on your Mac without any of your data leaving your machine.
Here's how it works: - Select any text in any app on your Mac, or point it at a document or public URL (like that article you're interested in but never found time to sit down and read). Narrator will process the text locally using our local voice model EP-1 voice, and turn it into a narrated sound clip without any data leaving your Mac.
- As your narration starts, a small player appears and reads your text aloud, highlighting each word as it reads to you. We've found this often helps a lot with comprehension, as you can both listen to the text and read along at the same time.
- You can send your narration to your Epilude account on web, so that you can access it from anywhere and listen when you're on the go. This also lets you share your narrations with anyone you want.
You can try Narrator completely for free. We're really excited for you to try it out. Happy listening!
About Epilude Narrator on Product Hunt
“Listen to any article, doc or text on your Mac”
Epilude Narrator launched on Product Hunt on October 8th, 2026 and earned 68 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #33 on the daily leaderboard. Narrator reads selected text, documents, web pages, and images aloud on your Mac. Choose an on-device or cloud voice and follow every word.
On the analytics side, Epilude Narrator competes within Productivity, Artificial Intelligence and Audio — topics that collectively have 1.1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Epilude Narrator performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Epilude Narrator?
Epilude Narrator was hunted by Gustav Ek. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Epilude Narrator including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Gustav Ek
Hey Product Hunt, Gustav here from Epilude. Epilude is the voice productivity suite for your Mac we wish Apple would build, with dictation, meeting recording and now, text-to-speech with voices you'll actually like listening to with Narrator.
Today we're expanding Epilude with Narrator, a completely private text-to-speech tool that narrates any test on your Mac without any of your data leaving your machine.
Here's how it works:
- Select any text in any app on your Mac, or point it at a document or public URL (like that article you're interested in but never found time to sit down and read). Narrator will process the text locally using our local voice model EP-1 voice, and turn it into a narrated sound clip without any data leaving your Mac.
- As your narration starts, a small player appears and reads your text aloud, highlighting each word as it reads to you. We've found this often helps a lot with comprehension, as you can both listen to the text and read along at the same time.
- You can send your narration to your Epilude account on web, so that you can access it from anywhere and listen when you're on the go. This also lets you share your narrations with anyone you want.
You can try Narrator completely for free. We're really excited for you to try it out. Happy listening!