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ReadSpeaker docReader

ReadSpeaker® docReader™ is an online software service which uses online text to speech to enable visitors to listen to the text of a document . ReadSpeaker® docReader™ makes various document formats viewable in all browsers, even on mobile phone browsers as well as other devices that do not have built in PDF-, Word- or Open Office document viewing capabilities.

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ReadSpeaker® docReader™ is available as listen-icons next to your online published documents.

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When a document is opened using ReadSpeaker® docReader™, the user gets a toolbar with a speech button and a set of additional functionalities.

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ReadSpeaker® docReader™ is a unique service that allows a user to listen to PDFs, Word documents and a variety of other document formats. It converts these documents in a web readable format, while preserving the original layout, so that they can be viewed in all types of browsers and devices which otherwise wouldn't be able to do so. It is very intuitive; the user simply clicks on the play button to start enjoying the service.

When the user selects the “Play” button in the toolbar, the full page will be read section by section in the order that has been defined in the document. When the user hovers the mouse pointer over a section of text, the section gets highlighted using a different background color. The user can select if the point-and-click reading should read only the selected paragraph or start where the mouse pointer is located to then read to the end of the document.

The ReadSpeaker® docReader™ toolbar also comes with a set of additional functionalities that enable the user to:

  • Easily browse within the document by either using the Previous or Next buttons or going directly to the selected page to be read.
  • Select the existing layout mode of the document or convert it into text mode.
  • Benefit from different settings to change the reading speed, the language of the toolbar menu, and to choose from different text mode settings notably the capacity to see synchronized highlighting of the text that is currently being read, on a word by word and/or sentence basis.
  • HTML5 support in Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) so that users can enjoy docReader to its full capacity.
  • Thumbnail navigation of the document: each page in the document is displayed in the left sidebar of the page and the user can click on these thumbnails to navigate directly to that page.
  • Limited auto tagging of untagged PDFs: docReader will try and guess the structure of the source document if it has not been equipped with structure markeup (i.e. untagged PDFs) to optimize the display of the document.
  • Listen link for limited (mobile no-JavaScript capable) web browsers.
  • Tagged/no tagged document indicator: will notify the user if the document is structured/tagged or not.

Click on the ReadSpeaker® docReader™ product sheet page to try it out by then clicking on the Listen button situated next to the PDF.