Punctum
Read your own EPUBs and PDFs one word at a time
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Punctum shows your own EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOCX or DRM-free MOBI files one word at a time, with longer pauses at punctuation. Page flow keeps the surrounding lines in view while words advance. For PDFs, Text opens the original page with the current word marked; tap any word to continue from there. Add web articles by URL or paste text. No account; files are read on your device. 18 languages, including right-to-left.
PH · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views
Niche: ebook and reading apps · 190 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▲ +9% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Android
- eBook Reader
- Productivity
- Books
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More like this: all 190 launches in ebook and reading apps →
Could you build this?
Yes Parsing EPUB, PDF, DOCX and TXT and presenting words one at a time is achievable with existing libraries such as pdf.js and epub parsers, with the main UI being a timed reader.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 313 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #36 of 314 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 269 days after the earliest competitor.
- EPUBtoPDF · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Torcul · ph · 2026-10-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- e-Reader · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Audory: PDF to Audiobook · ph · 2026-11-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Rhea · ph · 2026-10-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Mirent · Every document, out loud · ph · 2026-09-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Epilude Narrator · ph · 2026-10-08 · 67 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Common Reader · ph · 2026-09-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
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