Differences between Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad

LuceVoce is the same app on every device. This page lists the few things that work differently on Windows, the Mac, the iPhone and the iPad.

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LuceVoce has the same library, reading view, voices and settings on every device. A few things differ, because each device works its own way.

What each device does its own way

Close the window and LuceVoce keeps reading from its icon near the clock. See Listen with the window closed or the screen off.
There is a portable copy as well as the installer. It keeps its library and settings in a folder next to the program, so it can run from a USB stick.
On a tablet, or a PC with its keyboard folded away, LuceVoce changes to a touch layout with larger buttons. See Read with touch gestures.
Select text in any app and press Ctrl+Alt+R to hear it. See Read text from any app.
LuceVoce opens help files (CHM), which the Mac, iPhone and iPad do not read. See File formats LuceVoce can read.
Voice notes and voice commands hear you through a speech model you download once. See Record a voice note and Control reading with your voice.
The natural voices are a download of about 340 MB.

Close the window and LuceVoce keeps reading from its icon in the menu bar.
Select text in any app and press ⌃+⌥+R, or use the app's Services menu > Read in LuceVoce.
Voice notes and voice commands hear you through Apple's own speech recognition, on the Mac.
The natural voices are a download of about 410 MB. It includes what they need to run on the Neural Engine, which makes them several times faster and gentler on the battery.

LuceVoce keeps reading with the screen locked or while you use other apps. The lock screen, your headphones, your watch and your car can pause, play and skip.
The menus and buttons follow the text size you set for your whole device. The book keeps its own size, which you change by pinching the text.
Press and hold LuceVoce's icon on the Home screen for your recent books and Read Clipboard.
LuceVoce is in the Share sheet of other apps as LuceVoce. Share selected text to hear it at once, a web page to add it to your library as an article, or a file to add it as a book. See Read text from any app.
Voice notes and voice commands hear you through Apple's own speech recognition, on the device.
There are no keys that work in every app.
The natural voices are a download of about 410 MB, with the same Neural Engine part as on the Mac. The download carries on if you switch to another app.

Everything not listed here works the same on every device, including a voice of its own for one book, passages in another language read by that language's voice, footnote cards and sharing the voices you added.
Your library, notes and reading place can follow you between all these devices. See Continue reading on another device.
Every keyboard shortcut and gesture is listed in Keyboard shortcuts and touch gestures.

Last updated 13 November 2026