---
title: Keyboard shortcuts
description: A small set of keys to drive the reader without touching the mouse.
category: get-started
order: 3
last_verified_at: 2026-04-29
status: published
---

# Keyboard shortcuts

The reader is built around a small set of keys. The shortcuts
work whenever the reader is focused; click anywhere on the
reading area to focus it.

## Playback

- **Spacebar** — pause and resume.
- **Left arrow** — skip back fifteen seconds.
- **Right arrow** — skip forward fifteen seconds.

## Position

- **Click any word** — jump the voice to that word and continue
  from there.

## Why so few

The reading surface is meant to feel like a book. A book has no
shortcuts. The keys above are the ones that pay rent — they let
you steer without taking your hand off the page.