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YOM - Text to Speech OCR Scanv3.6.0

Released August 22, 2026Major

iOS

What changed

  • PlatformIntegration with iOS Shortcuts app for automated workflows
  • New featureDirect text-to-speech playback from other apps via shortcuts without opening the app
  • New featureOCR and playback for images or screenshots sent via shortcuts
  • New featureQueuing system for continuous playback when chaining multiple shortcuts
  • New featureAbility to save shortcut results to specific books directly from the shortcut
  • UXMinor UI and UX enhancements

Original release notes

YOM can now be triggered from the iOS Shortcuts app.

- Send text to YOM: pass text from another app or shortcut and playback starts immediately, no need to open YOM
- Send an image to YOM: pass a screenshot or photo and YOM reads the recognized text aloud
- Items added during playback are queued as a continuation, so you can chain multiple shortcuts together and listen through them in one go
- You can also choose whether to save the result and which book to save it to, directly from the shortcut

Also includes minor UI/UX improvements.

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