EPUB
A walk beside the waterA walk beside the water
A book for the weekend
Your personal browser reader
Read and listen to your books, articles and documents
Save articles for later, open EPUB and PDF files, and pick up where you left off. Switch to text to speech whenever you’d rather listen.
Free reading and listening
Get LeafRead for iPhone and iPad
Bring it into your library
Save a web article for later or open a book from your own files.
Settle into the page
Your type, your spacing, your reading pace.
Keep what stays with you
A passage, a thought, a place to return.
From scattered tabs
to a personal shelf.
Save the main text of a public article, upload an EPUB book or bring in a PDF or Word document. Each reading has its own place in your library, with a preview that helps you remember why you saved it. A project’s background articles can sit beside its main report, while a novel waits for a quieter moment.
Start with a collection for a subject you are exploring and a few tags you will recognize later. Open a recent reading when you want to finish something already started. Archive completed material to keep your active list useful without losing the passages and ideas you want to revisit.
- Articles, books and documents together
- Collections, tags, favorites and archive
- Text previews and a direct way back in
Article
The pleasure of paying attentionThe pleasure of paying attention
Saved for a spare moment
PDF
Notes from the gardenNotes from the garden
Something to return to
A quiet moment can turn a page into a place to think.
Your note
Come back to this idea when the reading list starts to feel like a to-do list.
Reading leaves
something behind.
A highlight keeps the author’s words; a note keeps what you made of them. Select a sentence and record a question, a connection to another text or a specific next step. A bookmark is useful when you simply want to remember a place without adding a comment.
When you return, search your saved passages by quotation, note or reading title. Open a result in its source to check the surrounding argument. Your notes can become a way back into your reading, whether you are reviewing a chapter, gathering examples for a project or following a personal interest.
Highlights & notesA page that fits
the way you read.
Choose a typeface and text size, then adjust line spacing and column width. Use a light, warm, dark or high-contrast theme, and try focus mode or the reading ruler when you want a little more guidance through the page. The same settings work across the different texts you bring in.
Use chapters and document search to find a passage, or reopen a reading at its saved sentence. An article can fit into a short break; a longer book can continue over several evenings. You choose how much to read now, with a clear place to return to later.
Explore the ReaderA little room
to notice.
A quiet moment can turn a page into a place to think.
One paragraph. A slower breath. A thought you might have hurried past.
You don’t have to finish everything today. There is something good about simply beginning.
Interactive sample. Highlights and notes here are not saved to a library.
Make the text larger, change the theme, keep a sentence.
When your eyes need a break, read aloud lets you stay with the same text.
From a link or file to your next read
Start with something you already want to read. Paste a public article URL, upload a supported file or add your own text. LeafRead prepares an adjustable reading view and keeps the saved material in your account. Check the first paragraphs after import, then choose your text settings and begin.
Text-based PDFs, reflowable EPUBs without DRM, DOCX, TXT and Markdown are supported. The Reader focuses on the words and headings. Keep the original available when illustrations, tables or exact page references matter; an adjustable text view serves a different purpose from the original page design.
Choose the right format for your readingRead a little. Listen to the next part.
Text to speech gives a saved reading another way to fit into your day. Select a sentence and press Play, follow the sentence highlight, and pause whenever you want to look at the text or save a note. You can adjust playback speed to suit a familiar article or a more demanding chapter.
Reading and listening are free. The current listening allowance is 350,000 newly generated characters per account per UTC day, shared by the website and app. Replaying cached audio does not use new characters. Try the voice samples and a short passage before settling into a longer session.
Explore text to speech and listeningThe same library at your desk and in your pocket
Use LeafRead in your desktop or mobile browser, or download the app for iPhone and iPad. Sign in with the same account to keep your library, notes and saved position together. Save an article on your computer and open it on your phone when you have time to read.
The iOS app supports listening with the screen locked and downloads for time away from a connection. Prepare the text and the audio you need before leaving; downloading a reading does not automatically download all its speech. The app is free and requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.
See LeafRead for iPhone and iPadBefore your
first reading.
Practical details in Reading help.
What is LeafRead?
A personal browser reader for the material you choose: saved articles, EPUB books, documents and your own text. Your library, reading preferences, saved places and notes live together.
Which books and documents can I read?
Public article links, text-based PDFs, reflowable DRM-free EPUBs, DOCX, TXT, Markdown and pasted text. PDF, EPUB and DOCX uploads support up to 20 MB; TXT, Markdown and pasted text support up to 500 KB. Scanned PDFs and protected books are not supported.
Can I highlight and take notes?
Yes. Select a sentence in the Reader and save a highlight or add a note. Search saved passages from Highlights & notes, filter by reading, and return to their source.
Will it remember where I stopped?
LeafRead saves your sentence position. Sign in to the same account to return to it on another device. If two devices have different positions, you choose where to continue.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Read in your mobile browser or download LeafRead for iPhone and iPad. Your library and reading position sync when you use the same account.
Can I read offline?
On iPhone and iPad, download the text and prepare its audio before going offline. The web app has a separate offline library for saved text.
Is LeafRead free?
Yes. Reading, your personal library and text-to-speech are free. Create an account and use your daily listening allowance.
Start with something
you want to read.
An article, a book or a document. Keep it in your library.