Sensory Readable

Hear anything on your screen — clearly, privately, and without the internet

Sensory Readable v3 is a powerful text-to-speech and accessibility tool for Windows that reads aloud any text on your screen — whether it's a live document, a scanned image, a locked PDF, or an inaccessible app. Everything runs locally on your PC, so your documents stay private and no internet connection is needed.

Point & Speak

Move your cursor over any text, press Ctrl, and hear it spoken instantly. Or use Click and Play (F7) in Microsoft Word, Edge, Outlook and more. Readable v3 reaches every kind of text — including inaccessible content such as images, scans, page photos and locked PDFs.

Natural Text to Speech

Readable uses locally installed, high-quality natural voices to turn text into clear, natural speech — all on your PC. Customise the voice and reading speed to suit you, and switch voices whenever you like.

Underline-Highlight

A calm, precise reading aid that tracks each spoken word with a subtle underline in a colour of your choice — clear enough to follow, with none of the visual disturbance of a block highlight. Works in Microsoft Office and many other apps.

Readable Banner

A calm, scrolling read-along line that displays text as it is spoken, word by word. Set your own font, size and colours for a comfortable, low-distraction reading experience — for anything on screen.

Save to Audio

Turn any text into an audio file you can keep and listen to later — on your phone, in the car, or while you work. Created on your PC using the same natural voices, with no upload and no internet needed. Faster export and cleaner quality in v3.

Ambient Sounds

A selection of sensory ambient sounds — including gentle white noise — to support focus and concentration. Audio controls automatically balance ambient sound against spoken text, so speech stays clear and to the front.

Microsoft Word & Voice Typing Support

Readable adds accessibility support around the writing tools you already use — Microsoft Editor, spellcheck, Voice Access and word prediction — making the whole writing and proofreading process easier to hear, check and correct. It also supports dictation workflows with Dragon Pro and Voice Access, echoing back phrases as you create them or reading your full dictation at the end.

Word Card Popup 

Hold Ctrl+Shift over any word for an instant, offline definition and pronunciation. A small popup appears with the word's meaning and how to say it — helpful for unfamiliar terms while reading or proofreading, with nothing sent to the cloud.

OCR — Reads Inaccessible Text

Built-in optical character recognition (OCR) converts image-based text into accessible content you can hear and edit — including scanned documents, images and apps that normally hide their text. Everything is processed on your PC.

Sensory PDF Reader

A dedicated, secure PDF viewer included with Readable. Use it as a computer reader for exams (JCQ compliant) or for everyday PDF work. Adds speech controls, background-colour tinting and simple annotations.

PDF Convert

Turns scans, images and inaccessible PDFs into accessible formats — searchable PDF, plain text, RTF or Word — ready to read, edit or share. Runs entirely on your PC, so even sensitive documents never leave your machine.

• Works fully offline — no internet required
• Privacy-first — nothing sent to the cloud
• JCQ compliant for exam use
• Compatible with Microsoft Word, Edge, Outlook, Office 365 and more
• Supports Dragon Pro and Voice Access dictation workflows