Imp Reader
Turn PDFs into audiobooks. AI voices + built-in OCR offline.
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About the startup
Imp Reader turns any PDF into an audiobook on your Mac. Listen with natural AI voices that fluently read English and Chinese. Built-in OCR extracts text from scanned documents. Native AppKit UI with auto-advance reading, thumbnail sidebar, and search. Works 100% offline — your documents never leave your device. Compatible with Intel & Apple Silicon. macOS 13+ required.
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