Reader, Annotations, and Discussions
The Reader keeps source text, highlights, discussions, and distilled notes in one reading workspace. You can return to the exact source location behind a judgment instead of keeping detached notes.
Reading View
Section titled “Reading View”The Reader includes the body text, highlight marks, annotation connections, and a sidebar. The article header and unified floating toolbar provide in-reader search, persistent chat around the current item, and bilingual translation for web articles. EPUB books also show a table of contents and per-chapter counts for highlights and distilled notes.
You can adjust:
- Font size
- Page width
The theme button in the app sidebar switches between light, dark, dusk indigo, and reader paper themes, including a hand-drawn ink paper picker. Reader paper colors affect web articles, EPUB books, and PDF reading surfaces. In dark mode, PDFs keep their original page colors.
Copy, highlight creation, and similar actions can show toast or sound feedback (toggle sound and volume in Settings > General).
Create an Annotation
Section titled “Create an Annotation”- Select text in the Reader.
- Press the default
Ashortcut, or use the selection action button. - Write a thought, question, or note.
The annotation is highlighted with your personal color and anchored to the source text.
Annotation Types
Section titled “Annotation Types”Yomitomo classifies annotations to make later filtering and review easier:
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Key Point | A core argument or important piece of information |
| Assumption | A premise or implied condition in the source |
| Concept | A term or idea that needs clarification |
| Question | Something confusing or worth discussing |
| Quote | Source text worth keeping |
Reading Intent
Section titled “Reading Intent”When creating an annotation, you can choose a reading intent to tell assistants what kind of response you want:
| Intent | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Explain | Explain this passage |
| Decompose | Break down the argument structure |
| Challenge | Challenge the claim |
| Question | Ask follow-up questions |
| Connect | Connect it with other knowledge |
Discussion
Section titled “Discussion”Every highlight has its own discussion thread. Open the discussion from an annotation card to add thoughts, reply to existing notes, or mention an AI assistant with @assistant name. Assistant replies are generated from article context, the selected passage, and the existing discussion.
Discussions support pinning important notes, deleting your own notes, and switching between split and left-aligned layouts.
Distilled Notes
Section titled “Distilled Notes”When a highlight has grown into a judgment, framework, question, or action reminder worth keeping, open the distillation window and turn scattered comments into a concise note.
In the distillation window you can:
- Edit the distilled note.
- Ask one or more review assistants for feedback.
- Publish the note so it replaces the raw highlight in the sidebar.
- Unpublish it while keeping the draft and review records.
Shortcuts
Section titled “Shortcuts”| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
C | Copy selected text |
A | Create an annotation from selected text |
These shortcuts can be customized in Settings > Shortcuts.