DOI & arXiv
Start with a reference.
Enter a DOI or arXiv identifier, review the bibliographic details, and bring in the available full text. Have your own copy? Add its PDF from Files.
FOR RESEARCHERSYour research.
Your research.
A new way in.
A paper worth reading is worth listening to. Turn your research library into natural, on-device audio—and stay close to the source.
On-device narration. Your library, your own.
THE READING ROOM
A FRESH PERSPECTIVEThere is more than one way to meet an idea.
01 / ABSTRACTSome ideas arrive on a page. Others become clearer when we give them a voice. Listening makes another kind of room for thought.
Original source, always within reach.
Space to listen.Room to think.
YOUR PAPERS, FROM THE PLACES YOU KNOW
DOIarXivZotero PDF
01 / BRING YOUR RESEARCHLess gathering.
Less gathering.
More getting into it.
Start with a link, a library, or the paper in front of you.
Zotero
Meet your existing library.
Browse or search personal and group collections, then choose the attached PDFs you want to hear. Imports are read-only and happen when you ask.
PDF & scans
Bring the paper you have.
Open a PDF, scan a printed page, or import photos. On-device English OCR lets you review and correct recognized text before adding it to your library.
READ. LISTEN. LOOK CLOSER.
Earlo’s reading interface, shown with a sample book.
02 / LISTEN WITH FOCUSHear the ideas.
Hear the ideas.
Keep the details.
Make room for the argument without losing the evidence behind it.
Follow the argument.
Skip recognized inline citations and reference lists during research narration. They stay in the visible source, ready to restore when you need them.
Find the right words.
Scientific speech handling supports common notation, abbreviations and units. Add names and specialist terms to your own pronunciation dictionary.
Keep your place.
Follow synchronized word highlighting, jump between sections, and switch between continuous reading and original PDF pages.
English-first. Complex equations, tables and unusual layouts may need review.
03 / MAKE IT PART OF YOUR WORKFrom a passage
From a passage
to your next thought.
Keep the useful parts connected, from the first listen to the next draft.
Catch the thought.
Attach notes and bookmarks to passages. Find a saved idea again through library search, and keep related papers together in collections.
NOTES · BOOKMARKS · COLLECTIONSKeep the reference.
Export research citations as RIS or BibTeX and your notes as Markdown. Take useful context back into your writing workflow.
RIS · BIBTEX · MARKDOWNTake it with you.
Queue whole papers from their saved positions, or export an MP3 of a book, chapter, selection or page range with your chosen voice.
LISTENING QUEUE · MP3 EXPORTA question worth following?
Ask AI prepares a selected passage and citation for an external AI app. You choose what to copy or share, and when to submit it.
BUILT AROUND YOUR LIBRARY
Your work stays yours.
Narration happens on your device. Saved reading works offline, with no Earlo login and no cloud speech service. Optional iCloud sync keeps your Apple devices connected through your Apple Account.
On-device voices Offline saved reading Optional iCloud
Can Earlo find every paper’s full text?
A DOI or arXiv lookup helps identify a paper and review its metadata. Full-text availability depends on the source. If a PDF is unavailable, you can supply a copy you have access to from Files.
Does Earlo change my Zotero library?
No. The Zotero connection is read-only and on demand. You choose which attached PDFs to import. Earlo does not write annotations back to Zotero; disconnecting leaves papers already imported into Earlo on your device.
What works offline?
Saved reading, on-device narration, pronunciation controls and English OCR work offline. DOI and arXiv lookup, Zotero and web imports need a connection. Optional iCloud sync uses your Apple Account.
How does Earlo handle technical content?
Earlo is English-first, with scientific speech handling for common notation, abbreviations and units. Complex equations, tables, unusual layouts and OCR results may need review. The original source remains available so you can check the details.
BY BOSTON RESEARCH JOURNALSA love of reading.
A love of reading.
A home in research.
Earlo is a reading and listening app by Boston Research Journals. It brings on-device narration to books, documents and research papers, with tools for following the source and keeping useful notes.
Follow your curiosity from the paper in your library to the research published across Boston Research Journals’ disciplines.
FOR THE FOREVER CURIOUSGive your next
Give your next
paper a voice.
On your walk. Between meetings. Wherever your mind has room.
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