Ledor is a speed-reading application for EPUB books and web articles. It uses rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP), displaying words individually at a configurable rate and highlighting each word’s Optimal Recognition Point to reduce eye movement.
The application also offers a conventional eBook reader and text-to-speech mode. It runs on Linux, Android and iOS, with books, reading progress and settings stored locally.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Import EPUB books and web articles.
- RSVP mode with configurable words-per-minute speed and Optimal Recognition Point highlighting.
- Traditional continuous reading mode.
- Text-to-speech playback with synchronized word highlighting.
- Pause RSVP or speech playback to view the full text and select a new reading position.
- Adjustable pauses for punctuation, paragraphs, chapters and longer words.
- Gradual speed ramp-up at the beginning of a reading session.
- Bookmarks with surrounding text for context.
- Chapter-aware progress controls.
- Customizable fonts, colours, text sizes, layouts and focus lines.
- Reading statistics with weekly and monthly dashboards.
- Light and dark themes.
- Optional Google Drive synchronization between devices.
- Offline storage using SQLite.
- English and Brazilian Portuguese interfaces.
- Keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop importing on Linux.
Website: github.com/daniel-pimenta-cc/ledor
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Developer: Daniel Pimenta
License: MIT License
Ledor is written in Dart. Learn Dart with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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