These shortcuts work from any app while Readable is running. In the table, ⌘ is Command, ⌥ is Option, ⇧ is Shift and ⌃ is Control.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Show or hide the toolbar | ⌘⇧R |
| Read the selection (or play from your last click) | ⌥⌘P |
| Silent mode on/off | ⌥⌘S |
| Text Extractor (drag to OCR a region) | ⌥⌘O |
| Word Information popup for the word under the pointer | ⌥⌘I |
| Word Information popup while hovering | hold ⌃⇧ |
| Hover reading (when Require Ctrl/Option is on) | hold ⌃ or ⌥ |
| Accept a word prediction | ⌃1 to ⌃5 |
| Stop reading | Esc or ⌃ |