Speed Reader — macOS app that helps you read 2–5x faster using RSVP (one word at a time, no eye movement). Supports PDF, EPUB, DOCX, URLs, and even screen capture with OCR. 4 display modes including a MacBook notch widget.
Hey hunters! 👋
I'm excited to share Speed Reader with you today!
I built this because I was tired of how much time I spend reading articles, docs, and PDFs every day. RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) has been studied for decades, but most implementations felt clunky or were stuck in the browser. I wanted something native, fast, and that lives wherever I'm working on my Mac.
A few things I'm especially proud of:
🏝️ Notch Widget — turns your MacBook's notch into a tiny RSVP reader that floats above everything else
🔍 Built-in OCR — select any area of your screen (even inside apps with no text selection) and read it instantly
🌐 Read Any URL — paste a link and it strips out ads/clutter automatically
🍎 Truly native — no Electron, built with Apple's frameworks for speed and battery efficiency
One more thing — RSVP has been genuinely helpful for people with central field loss or other vision-related reading difficulties. If that's you, email me and I'll give you a free license, no questions asked.
Would love your feedback, feature requests, and of course — let me know how fast you can read! What's your WPM with traditional reading vs. RSVP? 🚀
Great tool for focus! Is there a plan on implementing a feature to extract the focus on most important or relevant texts?
Congratulations on launch! What about some texts which have related graphs/images as well. Sometimes, we need to read, observe and verify at the same time? Are there any plans to handle that as well?
Thats very useful because sometimes our CFO gets 70-page contracts and reading through that its pure madness, especially when its from chinese vendors☠️ Does ur product has something like a bulit-in translation feature for this typa stuff?
About Speed Reader on Product Hunt
“Read 2–5x faster with zero effort”
Speed Reader launched on Product Hunt on June 18th, 2026 and earned 93 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #20 on the daily leaderboard. Speed Reader — macOS app that helps you read 2–5x faster using RSVP (one word at a time, no eye movement). Supports PDF, EPUB, DOCX, URLs, and even screen capture with OCR. 4 display modes including a MacBook notch widget.
Speed Reader was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (654.5k followers) and Books (122.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 162.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Speed Reader?
Speed Reader was hunted by Gleb Shalimov. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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