A reader is a person who reads. It may also refer to:

Computing and technology

Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and web services developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Reader), Acrobat (former ...

(now Adobe Acrobat), a PDF reader * Bible Reader for Palm, a discontinued PDA application * A

card reader A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer. Card readers can acquire data from a card via a number of methods, including: optical scanning of printed text or barcod ...

, for extracting data from various forms of card-shaped media * An

e-reader An e-reader, also called an e reader or e device, is a Mobile computing, mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and Periodical literature, periodicals. Any device that can display text on ...

, a device or software for viewing e-books **

Amazon Kindle Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, Audible audiobooks, and other digital media via wireless networking ...

Microsoft Reader Microsoft Reader is a discontinued Microsoft application for reading e-books, first released in August 2000, that used its own .LIT format. It was available for Windows computers and Pocket PC PDAs. The name was also used later for an unrelated ...

Sony Reader The was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony. The first model was the PRS-500 released in September 2006 and was related to the earlier Sony Librie, the first commercial E Ink e-reader in 2004 using an electronic paper display developed ...

Foxit Reader Foxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) is a multilingual freemium PDF (Portable Document Format) tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files. Foxit Reader is developed by Fuzhou, China-based Foxit Software. Early ve ...

, a multilingual PDF tool *

Google Reader Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on October 7, 2005, through Google Labs. Google Reader grew in popularity to support a number of pr ...

, a discontinued web app for handling RSS/Atom feeds * K-NFB Reader, a handheld electronic reading device for the blind * Lisp reader, the parser function in the Lisp programming language * Microsoft Fingerprint Reader *

Newsreader (Usenet) A newsreader is a software application that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups. Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news server, via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), to download articles and post new ...

, for reading newsgroup posts *

Nintendo e-Reader The Nintendo e-Reader, commonly abbreviated as e-Reader, is an add-on manufactured by Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both v ...

, a device to read paper card media for the Game Boy Advance * Reader, an off-line content viewing feature of Apple's

Safari A safari (; originally ) is an overland journey to observe wildlife, wild animals, especially in East Africa. The so-called big five game, "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, African leopard, leopard, rhinoceros, African elephant, elep ...

web browser *

Screen reader A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to blindness, blind people, and are useful to visually impaired people, Illiteracy, illiterate, ...

, a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen

Education and literature

Basal reader Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading (process), reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as Anthology, anthologies that combine previously published sh ...

, a book used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren **

McGuffey Readers The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and ...

, a well-known early series of such books *

Anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

, a book of selections of writing, usually by many authors **''

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader ''Uncle John's Bathroom Reader'' is a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom. The books are credited to the Bathroom Readers' Institute, though Uncle John is a real pers ...

'', a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics *

Reader-response criticism Reader-response criticism is a School of thought, school of literary theory that focuses on Reading (process), the reader (or "audience") and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primar ...

, a literary theory, primarily German and American *''

The Reader ''The Reader'' () is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in 1995. The story is a parable dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations have had comprehending the Holocaust; Ruth Franklin writes th ...

'', a 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink

Newspapers and magazines

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Chicago Reader The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. The ''Reader'' has been ...

'', a newsweekly *'' Duzhe'', (translated ''Reader(s)''), a Chinese magazine *'' High Plains Reader'', an independent weekly tabloid *'' Los Angeles Reader'', a defunct weekly paper * ''The Reader'' (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool * ''

San Diego Reader The ''San Diego Reader'' is an alternative press newspaper in San Diego County, California. Published weekly since October 1972, the ''Reader'' is distributed free on Wednesday and Thursday via street boxes and cooperating retail outlets. Hi ...

'', a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California *''

Utne Reader ''Utne Reader'' (also known as ''Utne''; , ) is a digital digest that collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment, generally from alternative media sources including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music, and ...

'', a periodical *''

Weekly Reader ''Weekly Reader'' was a weekly educational classroom magazine designed for children. It began in 1928 as ''My Weekly Reader''. Editions covered curriculum themes in the younger grade levels and news-based, current events and curriculum themed- ...

'' (formerly ''My Weekly Reader''), an educational magazine for children * ''The Reader'' (newspaper), a weekly in Omaha, Nebraska *''

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature ''The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature'' is a reference guide to recently published articles in periodical magazines and scholarly journals, organized by article subject. ''The Readers' Guide'' has been published regularly since 1901 by ...

'', a reference guide to articles in magazines and journals

Occupations

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publisher's reader A publisher's reader or first reader is a person paid by a publisher or book sales club to read manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as op ...

, also called a first reader *

Reader (liturgy) In some Christian denominations, a reader or lector is the person responsible for reading aloud excerpts of scripture at a liturgy. In early Christian times the reader was of particular value due to the rarity of literacy. Catholic Church ...

, a person charged with reading scripture in church *

Reader (Christian Science Church) A Reader in a Christian Science church is a member of the congregation who has been elected to serve in one of two positions responsible for church services. Each week's sermon in Christian Science churches is outlined in the '' Christian Science ...

(also First Reader or Second Reader), a person who conducts services in a Christian Science church * Reader (Anglican Church) *

Reader (academic rank) The title of reader in the United Kingdom and some universities in the Commonwealth of Nations, for example India, Australia and New Zealand, denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or ...

, in British education the position between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor *

Reader (Inns of Court) A reader in one of the Inns of Court in London was originally a senior barrister of the Inn who was elected to deliver a lecture or series of lectures on a particular legal topic. Two readers (known as Lent and Autumn Readers) would be elected annu ...

, a senior barrister of the Inns of Court in London elected to deliver lectures on a particular legal topic *Reader, a practitioner of

cartomancy Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were introduced into Europe in the 14th century.Paul Huson, Huson, Paul (2004). ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Anci ...

, fortune-telling using a deck of cards

Places

* Reader, Arkansas **

Reader Railroad The Reader Railroad was a tourist-only railroad operating in Reader, Arkansas from 1973 to 1991. As a common carrier prior to May 1973, it was the last all steam locomotive-powered, mixed train railroad operating in North America. It operated t ...

, a tourist railroad * Reader, Illinois * Reader, West Virginia

Other uses

* ''The Reader'' (2008 film), based on the novel * Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument *"Readers", a slang term for

reading glasses A corrective lens is a transmissive optical device that is worn on the eye to improve visual perception. The most common use is to treat refractive errors: myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Glasses or "spectacles" are w ...