Dazai Osamu’s “Run, Melos!” (read aloud by an avatar)

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The speech (said) in the Aozora Bunko TEI of “Run, Melos!” is read aloud by a 3D avatar using the browser’s speech synthesis. The line being read is highlighted in the text, and the avatar moves its mouth and blinks. The avatar is a VRoid Project sample.

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Added a "Read aloud" pane where an avatar reads the speech2026-10-25

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