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 The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...

, a discontinued PDA application * A

card reader A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium. The first were punched card readers, which read the paper or cardboard punched cards that were used during the first several decades of the computer industry ...

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

e-reader An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals. Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-re ...

, 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 and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Stor ...

** Microsoft Reader **

Sony Reader The Sony Reader was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony, who produced the first commercial E Ink e-reader with the Sony Librie in 2004. It used an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, was viewable in direct sunligh ...

* Foxit Reader, a multilingual PDF tool * Google Reader, a discontinued web app for handling RSS/Atom feeds * K-NFB Reader, a handheld electronic reading device for the blind *

Lisp reader In the programming language Lisp, the reader or read function is the parser which converts the textual form of Lisp objects to the corresponding internal object structure. In the original Lisp, S-expressions consisted only of symbols, integers, a ...

, the parser function in the Lisp programming language *

Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Microsoft Fingerprint Reader was a device sold by Microsoft, primarily for homes and small businesses. The underlying software providing the biometrics was developed by Digital Persona. Fingerprint readers are more secure, reliable and convenie ...

Newsreader (Usenet) A newsreader is an application program 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 art ...

, for reading newsgroup posts *

Nintendo e-Reader The Nintendo e-Reader, stylized as ereader, commonly abbreviated as e-Reader, known in Japan as the is an add-on manufactured by Nintendo for its Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It was released in Japan in December 2001, with a ...

, 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 (; ) is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in eastern or southern Africa. The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – particularly form an importa ...

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 people who are blind, and are useful to people who are visually impaired, illiterate, or hav ...

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

Education and literature

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

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader ''Uncle John's Bathroom Readers'' are 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 pe ...

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

Reader-response criticism Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or "audience") and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and f ...

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

The Reader ''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...

'', 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 weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by ...

'', a newsweekly *'' Duzhe'', (translated ''Reader(s)''), a Chinese magazine *''

High Plains Reader The ''High Plains Reader'' is an alternative newspaper serving the Fargo metropolitan area, with an estimated readership of 20,000 to 30,000 weekly between print and online readers. The tabloid was founded in 1994 by Ian Swanson, Peter Ryan, and L ...

'', an independent weekly tabloid *''

Los Angeles Reader ''Los Angeles Reader'' was a weekly paper established in 1978 and distributed in Los Angeles, United States. It followed the format of the (still-active) ''Chicago Reader''. The paper was known for having lengthy, thoughtful reviews of movies, p ...

'', 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 the county of San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With ...

'', 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-i ...

'' (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

* A publisher's reader, 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 I ...

, 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 Qu ...

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

Reader (Anglican Church) In Anglicanism, a licensed lay minister (LLM) or lay reader (in some jurisdictions simply reader) is a person authorised by a bishop to lead certain services of worship (or parts of the service), to preach and to carry out pastoral and teaching f ...

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 ann ...

, 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 first introduced into Europe in the 14th century. Huson, Paul (2004). ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient ...

, fortune-telling using a deck of cards

Places

* Reader, Arkansas ** Reader Railroad, a tourist railroad *

Reader, Illinois Reader (also Reeders) is an unincorporated community in Western Mound Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a coun ...

Reader, West Virginia Reader is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 397. Reader got its start ''circa'' 1901 when the railroad was extended to that point. The community took its n ...

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 *Readers, a deck of