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Speed Reader for Mac

Read faster with the power of silencing vocalization with SpeedReader.

By LumingYin. Free and open source.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

This app is no longer maintained by its developer. It still installs, but it will not get updates.

Speed Reader at a glance

Version
1.8
Released
29 April 2019
Download size
3.7 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Category
Productivity
Developer
LumingYin
GitHub stars
147

Screenshots

Speed Reader screenshot 1

How to install Speed Reader on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Speed Reader and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.8 from LumingYin's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Speed Reader show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: SpeedReader.1.8.dmg (3.7 MB).

What is new in Speed Reader 1.8

This release contains the following bug fixes and new features:
- Adds the ability to pause and resume speed reading sessions
- Preserves punctuation marks when speed reading
- Resolved an issue so that font size, transparency and contrast configurations are displayed correctly in the sidebar

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