LuceVoce

Add your first book

How to add books, documents and audiobooks to your LuceVoce library with the Add button, drag and drop, or by opening a file from another app.

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Choose Add in the library and pick a file, or drop files on the LuceVoce window. Open the book, press Play, and LuceVoce starts reading. The next time you open it, it picks up where you stopped.

Add a book with the Add button

Windows

  1. In the library, choose Add, or press Ctrl+O.
  2. Pick one or more files and choose Open.

Mac

  1. In the library, choose Add, or press ⌘+O. You can also use File > Add to Library….
  2. Pick one or more files and choose Open.

iPhone and iPad

  1. In the library, tap Add.
  2. Pick one or more files in the Files picker, from your device, iCloud Drive or another location the Files app shows.

Use the other ways in

The arrow beside Add (More ways to add) opens a menu with:

You can also take a book from Free books in the library. See Get free books and audiobooks.

Drop files on the window

Windows

Drag files, or a folder of audiobook tracks, from File Explorer and drop them anywhere on the LuceVoce window. The window shows Drop to add to your library while you drag.

Mac

Drag files, or a folder of audiobook tracks, from the Finder and drop them anywhere on the LuceVoce window, or on the LuceVoce icon in the Dock.

iPhone and iPad

Use Add or open a file from another app, as described below.

Open a file from another app

Windows

  • Right-click a book or document in File Explorer and choose Read aloud with LuceVoce.
  • Or choose Open with > LuceVoce.

These appear when you kept the "Open with" option during installation. If LuceVoce is already running, the file opens in the window you have.

Mac

In the Finder, Control-click a file and choose Open With > LuceVoce.

iPhone and iPad

In the Files app, Mail or an AirDrop, share the file and choose LuceVoce in the Share sheet.

What LuceVoce can open

  • Books and documents: EPUB, PDF, Kindle (MOBI, AZW3), FB2, Word (DOCX, DOC), ODT, RTF, PowerPoint (PPTX), web pages (HTML, MHT, HTMLZ), TXT, TXTZ and Markdown.
  • Comic books (CBZ, CBR, CB7) and DAISY books (ZIP).
  • On Windows, help files (CHM).
  • Audiobooks: MP3, M4B, M4A, AAC, or a folder of numbered tracks.

See File formats LuceVoce can read for what LuceVoce does with each one.

Good to know

  • When you add a book, LuceVoce keeps its own copy, so the book stays readable even if you delete or move the original.
  • Removing a book from the library never touches your original file.
  • A big book opens slowly only the first time. After that it reopens almost at once.
  • A folder of short songs is treated as music and is not added as an audiobook.

Related

  • Install LuceVoce and set it upWhat LuceVoce needs on Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad, how to install it or use the portable copy, and what the welcome guide asks the first time.
  • Play, pause and move around a bookHow to start and stop reading aloud in LuceVoce, go back or forward a sentence, skip a few seconds, jump between chapters and read from any word.
  • Get free books and audiobooksHow to find and download free books and audiobooks from Project Gutenberg, LibriVox, Wikisource and more inside LuceVoce, and browse Gutenberg's catalogue.
  • Save web articles and use the Reading ListHow to save an article from a web address or add copied text to LuceVoce, and use the Reading List and Mark as read to keep track of what to read next.
  • Scan a folder for books and watch itHow to add every book in a folder or drive in one go, choose whether to copy them or read them where they are, and watch folders for new books.
  • File formats LuceVoce can readEvery book, document and audiobook format LuceVoce opens, from EPUB, PDF and Kindle to Word, comics and MP3, and what it does with each one.

Last updated 13 November 2026