Reader Mode for PDF files

[PedroSaldanha]

I was wondering about the ability to activate the reader mode while viewing PDF files on Firefox. I want it to allow me to add the same tools and filters used on webpages reader mode to PDF files, like text-to-speach.

[Jon]

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[Jon]

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[PedroSaldanha]

I believe this is already in development. I accidentaly discovered that in Nightly 114 the Reader Mode button appears when Firefox detects its a readable PDF file opened. See screen recording: https://imgur.com/D2h4FPd

I don't know if this is a bug, or something being worked on... Still can't show all the file's text, but I see a bright future from here! I'm excited.

Try for yourself: https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/DaVinci-Resolve-18-Beginners-Guide.pdf

Do you have any info on this @Jon ? Thank you! ❤️

[Jon]

Thanks @PedroSaldanha - let me touch base with the team working on all things PDF.

[Jon]

@PedroSaldanha delayed response here, sorry! But looks like this is something on the team's roadmap/backlog right now. We'll update the thread when there's movement.

[Nickinator]

Reader view for PDF files

I love Firefox’s reader view for web pages. The only problem is that I can’t use it for PDF files. It would be amazing to use Firefox’s reader view when using Firefox to read PDFs. Please add this! If so, thank you so much. 😄

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[shivaprasad]

doqment PDF Reader: Firefox's PDF viewer with reader mode

I created a PDF reader extension, building on top of Firefox's own PDF viewer, which can render PDFs in different light and dark themes like Firefox's reader view, like @Nickinator commented. It can't change the font or spacing (which is very hard to do in PDF files), but it sure can change the colors. Please try it out!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/doqment/

P.S. Also available on Firefox for Android

PDF in Firefox light themePDF in Firefox dark theme

[Udit]

Any update @Jon 

[Udit]

• Any updates @Jon ?
• Eagerly waiting for the feature.

[marco]

The work on this one hasn't started yet, but we have made progress on another feature that contains some pre-requisites for this one.