Parrot

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#168 of 223

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6.2

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Parrot, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Parrot's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Free	Free	Reads selected text aloud · runs offline · no subscription or cloud service

Each one read from Parrot's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Commercial use: Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Contributors: The maker invites contributors, particularly people who work with Rust, to submit pull requests.checked 12 Oct 2026
Downloads: The download page offers Mac Apple Silicon, Windows x64 and ARM, and Linux x64 and ARM builds.checked 12 Oct 2026
Extensibility: The maker describes Parrot as a tiny, extensible project intended as a starting point for accessibility features and voice computing experiments.checked 12 Oct 2026
GPU: Parrot runs on your machine with GPU acceleration when available.checked 12 Oct 2026
How to use: Press and hold a keyboard shortcut to hear selected text read aloud.checked 12 Oct 2026
Limit: The about page describes Parrot as having one function: reading aloud whatever text you select.checked 12 Oct 2026
Offline: Parrot runs completely offline using Kokoro-82M.checked 12 Oct 2026
Open source: Parrot is open source and released under the MIT License as a fork of Handy by CJ Pais.checked 12 Oct 2026
Privacy: The site says text stays on your computer and audio is produced without sending anything to the cloud.checked 12 Oct 2026
Purpose: Parrot is a text-to-speech app that reads aloud text you select.checked 12 Oct 2026
Version: The download page lists version 26.2.4.checked 12 Oct 2026

Platforms: The about page lists Windows, macOS, and Linux as supported platforms.checked 12 Oct 2026