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Parolu vs Glate: catalog facts
Parolu	Glate
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.	Free Free to download for Linux.
Linux	Linux
Simple interface for reading text aloud Includes Esperanto voices out of the box	Translates between over 100 languages Hotkey translation of selected text
Voices for most languages must be downloaded first Project documentation is mainly in German	Depends on Google Translate, so needs an internet connection Licence information is inconsistent between sources
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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