Bug fixes and enhancements. - Improved reliability throughout the app - Performance and stability improvements

Bug fixes and performance improvements. - Free classic books now open at the first chapter instead of the front matter - Smoother highlighting while listening - Various UI refinements and stability enhancements

• NEW — Discover: 1,000 classic books included with your subscription. Browse by category and add any book to your library with one tap. • Fresh new look with a redesigned tab bar built for iOS 26. • Smarter narration: Roman numerals read naturally ("Chapter IV", "Henry VIII"), publisher credit pages are skipped, and new Auto-Skip rules let you silence page numbers, footnotes, tables, formulas and citations. • Smoother listening: more natural pauses between passages, no more clipped words, and books open noticeably faster. • Lose signal while listening? Focal Voice pauses, lets you know on the lock screen, and resumes automatically when you're back online. • Chapter announcements now work with the screen locked. • Plus many fixes to word highlighting and auto-scroll.

• Skip while reading: the voice now skips decorative symbols, citations, and URLs — and you can choose what to skip in Settings or right from the player • Skipped text appears dimmed in the reader, so you always know what won't be read • Titles in ALL CAPS are now read naturally (no more letter-by-letter spelling) • Downloads redesigned: pick how much to download, see and change the narration voice before saving, and re-download in one tap if you switch voices • The player now shows the voice that's actually narrating and the download progress • Smoother scrolling while listening • Stability and performance improvements

• New in Settings: discover our other apps

Improvements to offline downloads: • Downloads now start from where you left off, so what you'll listen to next is ready first • Listen while a download is in progress — everything already downloaded plays without the network • The player timeline now shows how far your downloaded audio reaches • Parts you've already listened to no longer download twice, making downloads faster and lighter on data

Listen offline! Subscribers can now download documents and keep listening without an internet connection — perfect for flights and commutes. • Download a whole book or just the next few hours — with time estimates before you start • Pause, resume, or cancel downloads anytime; we'll notify you when they're ready • See exactly how far your downloaded audio reaches right on the player bar • Plus: fixes and performance improvements

NEW: Speed Listening Challenge - a limited-time event! Can you listen at 2× speed? Play a short passage, keep the pace to the end, and claim your win. Plus performance improvements and bug fixes.

• Performance improvements and minor fixes under the hood.

• Faster start: your books and documents begin playing almost instantly — even the long ones. • Smoother "Listen Now": tap and go straight into the player, with no wait or flicker. • Loading indicator: you can now clearly see when the audio is getting ready. • Cleaner highlighting: text is highlighted more precisely as you listen, with no marks over blank spaces. • More efficient: performance and battery improvements for long listening sessions. Thanks for using Focal Voice!

At Focal Voice, we get a little better every day. This update brings small enhancements, performance improvements, and fixes to make listening feel smoother.

Small changes and optimizations to improve your experience.

At Focal Voice, we keep improving your text-to-audio experience. Improved drag and drop from Mac on iPad Minor scroll and iCloud sync improvements Added French and Italian Other small performance improvements