Follow the words
Synchronized highlighting keeps the narration tied to visible text so you can listen and read together.
Windows document reader
A document reader for Windows that reads your files aloud.
ReadThisAloud brings documents, webpages, supported images, and pasted text into one Windows reading workflow with natural narration, synchronized highlighting, navigation, bookmarks, and playback controls.
ReadThisAloud Guide • Updated September 2026
One reading workflow
Move from file to narration without changing tools.
The goal of a dedicated document reader is not simply to speak text. It should help you open the material you already work with, follow it while listening, move through it quickly, and return to important places later.
| Content | ReadThisAloud workflow |
|---|---|
| Open normal PDFs directly; use OCR for scanned pages that need recognition. | |
| Word | Open DOCX documents and read them with the normal narration and tracking tools. |
| PowerPoint | Open PPTX content for narration in the Reader. |
| Excel | Open XLSX content for narration in the Reader. |
| Webpages | Load a public webpage by URL and read it inside the Windows Reader. |
| Images | Recognize printed text in supported images with local OCR. |
| Text | Open TXT files or paste text directly into ReadThisAloud. |
Why a dedicated reader?
Listening and navigation stay together.
Move directly
Find, sections, bookmarks, click-to-jump, and progress controls help you reach the part of a document that matters.
Shape the workspace
Reading Mode, tracking choices, text size, line spacing, brightness, speed, and volume give you control over the reading session.
ReadThisAloud for Windows
Documents in. Natural narration out.
Use one Reader for the documents and webpages you already use, with synchronized reading and navigation tools built around longer-form listening.
