Verb
(transitive) To dictate from a list.
When your name has been read off, come to collect your paper.
(transitive) To read from a scale or measure.
(transitive, US, military, slang) To scold or reprimand.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe human heart is not yet so corroded that it can read off the extinction of these two men without a shock to the very roots of its belief in justice and humanity. Katherine Anne Porter
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping. Norman MacCaig