diff --git a/jaraco/text/__init__.py b/jaraco/text/__init__.py
index 42666e9..bd8f86f 100644
--- a/jaraco/text/__init__.py
+++ b/jaraco/text/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
+import io
 import itertools
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@
     Protocol,
     SupportsIndex,
     TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    cast,
     overload,
 )
 
@@ -31,6 +35,9 @@
     _T_co = TypeVar("_T_co", covariant=True)
     # Same as builtins._GetItemIterable from typeshed
     _GetItemIterable: TypeAlias = SupportsGetItem[int, _T_co]
+    Openable: TypeAlias = FileDescriptorOrPath
+else:
+    Openable = Union[str, bytes, os.PathLike, int]
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
@@ -688,9 +695,15 @@ def join_continuation(lines: _GetItemIterable[str]) -> Generator[str]:
         yield item
 
 
+# https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html#io.TextIOBase.newlines
+NewlineSpec: TypeAlias = Union[str, tuple[str, ...], None]
+
+
+@functools.singledispatch
 def read_newlines(
-    filename: FileDescriptorOrPath, limit: int | None = 1024
-) -> str | tuple[str, ...] | None:
+    filename: Union[Openable, io.TextIOWrapper],  # noqa: UP007 # singledispatch uses the annotation at runtime (python 3.9)
+    limit: int | None = 1024,
+) -> NewlineSpec:
     r"""
     >>> tmp_path = getfixture('tmp_path')
     >>> filename = tmp_path / 'out.txt'
@@ -704,9 +717,21 @@ def read_newlines(
     >>> read_newlines(filename)
     ('\r', '\n', '\r\n')
     """
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        assert isinstance(filename, Openable)
+    else:  # pragma: no cover
+        filename = cast(Openable, filename)
     with open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as fp:
-        fp.read(limit)
-    return fp.newlines
+        return read_newlines(fp, limit=limit)
+
+
+@read_newlines.register
+def _(
+    filename: io.TextIOWrapper,
+    limit: Union[int, None] = 1024,  # noqa: UP007 # singledispatch uses the annotation at runtime (python 3.9)
+) -> NewlineSpec:
+    filename.read(limit)
+    return filename.newlines
 
 
 def lines_from(input: Traversable) -> Generator[str]:
diff --git a/jaraco/text/show-newlines.py b/jaraco/text/show-newlines.py
index e3d1c67..2a91f7b 100644
--- a/jaraco/text/show-newlines.py
+++ b/jaraco/text/show-newlines.py
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-import autocommand
 import inflect
+import typer
 from more_itertools import always_iterable
 
 import jaraco.text
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from _typeshed import FileDescriptorOrPath
-
 
-def report_newlines(filename: FileDescriptorOrPath) -> None:
+def report_newlines(input: typer.FileText) -> None:
     r"""
     Report the newlines in the indicated file.
 
@@ -26,7 +21,7 @@ def report_newlines(filename: FileDescriptorOrPath) -> None:
     >>> report_newlines(filename)
     newlines are ('\n', '\r\n')
     """
-    newlines = jaraco.text.read_newlines(filename)
+    newlines = jaraco.text.read_newlines(input)
     count = len(tuple(always_iterable(newlines)))
     engine = inflect.engine()
     print(
@@ -37,4 +32,4 @@ def report_newlines(filename: FileDescriptorOrPath) -> None:
     )
 
 
-autocommand.autocommand(__name__)(report_newlines)
+__name__ == '__main__' and typer.run(report_newlines)  # type: ignore[func-returns-value]
diff --git a/jaraco/text/strip-prefix.py b/jaraco/text/strip-prefix.py
index 3ca85a9..e43cdd1 100644
--- a/jaraco/text/strip-prefix.py
+++ b/jaraco/text/strip-prefix.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-import autocommand
+import typer
 
 from jaraco.text import Stripper
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ def strip_prefix() -> None:
     sys.stdout.writelines(Stripper.strip_prefix(sys.stdin).lines)
 
 
-autocommand.autocommand(__name__)(strip_prefix)
+__name__ == '__main__' and typer.run(strip_prefix)  # type: ignore[func-returns-value]
diff --git a/newsfragments/25.feature.rst b/newsfragments/25.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65c51a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/25.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replaced ``autocommand`` usage with ``Typer`` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb42d09..b4e0a95 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "MIT"
 dependencies = [
-	"jaraco.functools",
 	"jaraco.context >= 4.1",
-	"autocommand",
+	"jaraco.functools",
 	"more_itertools",
+	"typer-slim",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]