ReadFaster: PDF Speed Reader

ReadFaster shows you one word at a time, always in the same spot, with one red letter placed where your eye naturally lands. Your eyes stay still and the words come to you, so less effort goes into steering and more goes into reading.

OPEN ANY PDF AND START ANYWHERE Your PDF opens exactly as it is: pages, headings, figures and all. Click any word to start reading from there, or double-click to start right away. ReadFaster skips running headers, footers and page numbers, and rejoins words that were split across lines.

PAUSE, AND THE CONTEXT COMES BACK Press space and reading stops. The line you were in appears around the current word. Press the up arrow to see more lines above and below, step back word by word, then press space to carry on.

YOUR PACE, IN YOUR HANDS • Up and down arrows change the speed as you read, or scroll on your trackpad • Left and right arrows jump back or forward a sentence • Long words, numbers and the ends of sentences get a little more time, while the average stays at the speed you chose • Reading eases in over the first few words each time you start or resume • Pinch to make the word bigger or smaller

BUILT FOR THE MAC • The page stays softly blurred behind the words, and follows along as you read • Light and dark themes that follow your Mac, plus dimmed or dark PDF pages for reading at night • Full keyboard and trackpad control • A choice of reading fonts, including New York and Charter

YOUR LIBRARY, ON YOUR MAC Every document remembers where you stopped. Pick up any of them from the library, even after restarting.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no cloud, no tracking. ReadFaster never connects to the internet, and your documents never leave your Mac.

WORKS WITH PDF, plain text, Markdown, RTF, Word (.docx) and HTML files, or paste in any text.

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