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Ask HN: Software for Reading Pdfs?

Hi HN, I am looking for recommendations for native software for reading and annotating pdfs. text-to-speech feature would be good to have but not necessary

thesuperbigfrog 6y ago
Native for what platform? Are you on Windows, MacOS, Linux, BSD, iOS, iPadOS, Android, etc. ?
Jugurtha 6y ago
Check the following threads: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460142 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24471058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24471058 There also is a Python library: - https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber
Jtsummers 6y ago
Maybe Polar [0] would suit your needs, I have no idea how it does with TTS. I'm assuming by native you mean "runs on your hardware not a web app". It's native for desktop OSes, not for mobile and they have a syncing service between your devices. On my iPad I've long been a fan of GoodReader, again I've never tried TTS with it. [0] http://getpolarized.io/ http://getpolarized.io/
theSealedTanker 6y ago
If you are using linux, try Zathura
- approxim8ion 6y ago
  +1 for Zathura. I use it for reading PDF and CBR and it's great. Minimal and vi keybindings.