WhaleRead 1.19.1 is now available for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later. If you tried the 1.18 preview or 1.19.0, please update from the GitHub release.
October 6 maintenance update: 1.19.1 fixes overlapping source letters and translation in original-position reading of scanned PDFs with a hidden OCR text layer. Saved translations and the original PDF are retained; the display refreshes automatically without translating again. Untranslated passages and figures stay visible.
The application is now free and open source under GPL-3.0, with optional donations instead of paid unlocks or a subscription.
WhaleRead 1.19 is a free GPL-3.0 macOS reader for TXT, Markdown and EPUB. Read bilingually with local HY-MT2 1.8B/7B or compatible self-hosted/cloud APIs; select models separately for translation, review and Ask AI. Experimental PDF batches use a separate DGX/Linux OCR service. English/Chinese UI, Keychain credentials and explicit sending permissions. Apple Silicon, macOS 15+. Models/API usage supplied separately. Demo records 1.18.
