Open Source
Cool Reader
Read almost any ebook format, out loud if you like
This comes straight from Cool Reader’s own GitHub page — it’s free. Need help installing? →
About this app
Cool Reader opens the formats other readers give up on: EPUB, FB2 and FB3, MOBI, RTF, plain text, HTML, CHM help files, Word and OpenDocument files, comic archives and old Palm books. Everything stays on your device — no account, no cloud shelf, no connection needed.
You get unusually fine control over the page, including proper hyphenation in a long list of languages, and you can switch a book's own styling off if you would rather read it your way. It reads aloud through your phone's speech engine with a choice of voice and speed, looks up words in dictionary apps you already have installed, and can fetch books from OPDS catalogues.
The project has been going since 1998 and the Android app shows it. The interface is dense and old-fashioned next to newer readers, with a lot of settings to wade through. It is not a PDF reader, and it cannot open books locked with DRM.
From the app’s home page
- See the codeHow it’s made — every line is public
- Questions & commentsTalk with the people who make it
- Report a problemTell the makers something is broken
- All versionsOlder downloads and what changed
- LicenseThe rules for using and sharing it
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