Your papers

Open a research paper and it will be read aloud to you, skipping citations, equations and page clutter. Your place, highlights and notes are saved on this device.

Open a PDF or OpenDocument file (.odt), or drag one onto this page. It will be saved here so you can come back to it.

Paste the paper's text

No saved papers yet.

Reading list

Papers you saved from “Related papers”. Find the PDF, download it, then open it here: it moves into your library automatically.

Backup

Your papers, places, highlights, notes and settings are saved in this browser on this device. Clearing browsing data erases them. Save a backup now and then, and keep the file somewhere safe like OneDrive. You can restore it here, or on another device.

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Tips for this device

Read section titles Read figure and table captions at the end Keep the current sentence in view

SpacePlay or pause ← →Previous or next sentence [ ]Previous or next section H NHighlight, or add a note to, the sentence being read POpen or close the notepad Shift + clickHighlight every sentence between two you click

Equations, tables and figures stay in the text as pictures but aren’t read aloud. Click one to enlarge it.

Highlights and notes

Nothing yet. Click any sentence to highlight it or add a note, or press H while listening to highlight the sentence being read.

From AI tools

Highlights and notes

Notepad

Type, or dictate.

Notes for this paper

AI tools

Uses your Claude account. Answers are based only on this paper and are saved with it.

AI tools work when Paper Out Loud is opened from its Claude link, using your Claude account. This copy of the app can’t reach Claude.

Note

Your note is saved as you type. On a Surface, press the Windows key and H to dictate instead of typing.

Picture

Drop the PDF to open it