Bookshare Reader | Bookshare

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Read what you want, where you want with Bookshare Reader, a free reading app that makes reading and learning easier.

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Read what you want

Access millions of ebooks from the Bookshare, the world's largest library of ebooks for people with reading challenges. You can find best sellers, new releases, educational books, textbooks, children’s books, young adult titles, biographies, mysteries, freely-available public domain books, and more.

Smartphone, laptop, and smart speaker

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Read where you want

Read Bookshare ebooks on web browsers, iOS and Android mobile devices, and Alexa-enabled smart speakers.

Read your way

Customize your experience to suit your learning style:

Listen to books in high quality audio
Follow along with highlighted text
Adjust reading speed, font size, and colors
Navigate by page and chapter
Bookmark your reading spot
Stop reading and pick up from your last spot

How to use Bookshare Reader

Features by platform


Feature / Device	Computers	Smartphones	Smart Speaker
Operating system, browser, platform	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox	iOS, Android	Alexa
Listen to words read aloud	Yes	Yes	Yes
See text on screen	Yes	Yes	NA
Follow with word highlighting	Yes	Yes	NA
Page & chapter navigation	Yes	Navigate by chapter only	NA
Adjust reading speed	Yes	Yes	Yes
Adjust font, colors, backgrounds	Yes	Yes	NA
Bookmarking	Yes	Beta	NA
Remember last reading spot	Yes	Yes	Yes
Read offline	NA	Yes	NA
Read MathML	Yes	Coming soon	NA

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