Reader - PDF reader
Listen to your course materials. Give your eyes a break.
What it does
Study your university course PDFs hands-free with synchronized speech, reflowable mobile reading view, client-side OCR, and zero cloud uploads. 100% private in your browser. Built by Edgar Odey.
Reader turns university PDFs, lecture notes, handouts, and past questions into a comfortable listening experience — right in your browser. Upload a PDF, let Reader turn it into readable text, and listen at your own pace while commuting, cooking, walking, or resting your eyes. Drag and drop your study material or click to browse from your device. University course materials can be long, dense, and exhausting to read on a small screen. Here is how Reader helps you turn them into something easier to consume. Turn a 40- or 50-page course handout into a listening session. Put on your earphones and keep studying while you're commuting, walking, or away from your desk. Reader extracts course…from reader.edgarodey.com
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