VC Doc Reader

Reads PDF, Word and HTML files on screen and aloud, exactly as written in the file, on your PC, offline.

What it does

• Exactly as written: nothing is summarised, guessed or rewritten. Every file is checked against an independent read of the same file; the status bar turns green when all checks pass and red when one fails, and Help > Extraction report lists every check.
• PDF, Word and HTML: PDF text page by page; Word .docx / .docm including tables, text boxes, headers and footers, footnotes, endnotes and comments; HTML as a browser would show it. A password-protected PDF asks for its password.
• Read aloud with the voices built into Windows: double-click a paragraph or press F5; F6 pauses, F8 stops. Speed runs from 70% to 200%, and voice and speed can be changed while reading. The paragraph being read is shown in yellow, and the program remembers where you stopped in each file.
• Highlights (Ctrl+H), kept for each file and shown on screen only: your file is never changed.
• Original page tab shows the real PDF page with the paragraph being read outlined. Also find (Ctrl+F), larger or smaller text, and export the text to a .txt file.

What it does not do: there is no text recognition. A scanned PDF (pictures of pages) and text inside images are not read; the program lists what it cannot show.

What's included

• A user guide (PDF), installed with the program and in the Start menu (F1 in the program).
• Everything runs on your PC: no internet connection is needed and nothing is sent anywhere.

Requirements

Requires: 64-bit Windows, with at least one Windows voice for reading aloud. Legacy Word .doc files need Microsoft Word installed.

• Installs for the current Windows user; no administrator rights needed.
• The installer is not code-signed, so Windows shows no verified publisher for it.

Free 7-day trial

Choose Free 7-day trial: every feature works for 7 days. After buying, send the computer code the app shows with your order number; you receive an unlock key for that computer that does not expire. If Windows is reinstalled or the system drive is replaced, the computer code changes and the key is reissued for the new code. Checkout asks you to sign in with your email (a one-time code, no password).

This product includes third-party software; see THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Word is a trademark of its respective owner. VC Doc Reader is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Microsoft group of companies or that owner.

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