Speechify has officially released Highlights and Notes features to help users stay organized, engaged, and focused while reading or listening to content. With these features, students, professionals, and lifelong learners can now highlight text, add personalized notes, and review their annotations in one simple, streamlined workflow.
Helping Users Interact With Content
For years, Speechify has helped millions of users access written information in audio form. With the introduction of Highlights and Notes, Speechify expands beyond listening, empowering users to interact more deeply with their content. Instead of simply reading or hearing the material, users can now:
- Highlight important sections for quick reference later
- Color-code highlights for better organization and categorization
- Add personalized notes alongside passages to capture insights, reminders, or study points
- Review all annotations in one place, making it easier to study, review, and retain information
This makes Speechify not only a platform for listening but also a productivity and learning tool for anyone seeking to understand, analyze, and remember more of what they read.
How Speechify’s Notes Feature Works
The Highlights and Notes features are available now on both Web and iOS, giving users the ability to annotate their documents, articles, and study materials with just a few clicks or taps. Here’s how to access the new features:
How to use Speechify’s Note Feature on Web App
- Open a document or file.
- Select or drag to highlight the part of the text you wish to mark.
- Right click.
- Choose a highlight color to mark the text.
- Tap “Add a Note” to attach a personalized annotation.
- Type your note and click “Done.”
- To review all annotations, click the Pencil Icon in the upper left corner and select “Highlights & Notes.”
How to use Speechify’s Note Feature on On iOS
- Open a document or file.
- Drag and highlight the part of the text you wish to mark.
- Right click.
- Choose a highlight color to mark the text.
- Tap “Add a Note” to attach a personalized annotation.
- Type your note and click “Done.”
- To review all annotations, tap the Pencil Icon in the upper left corner and select “Highlights & Notes.”
Enhancing Focus, Retention, and Productivity
Research shows that highlighting and note-taking are among the most effective study techniques for improving comprehension and long-term memory. By integrating these capabilities directly into Speechify, users can actively engage with their documents instead of passively consuming them.
- Students: Students can turn reading materials, lecture notes, and study guides into annotated, color-coded resources that make exam prep faster and more effective.
- Professionals: Professionals can highlight key passages in reports, contracts, or meeting notes, while adding comments or insights for later reference.
- Researchers: Researchers can annotate academic papers, articles, or reference materials to organize important findings in a structured way.
- Everyday Readers: Anyone can save memorable quotes, highlight meaningful passages, or jot down thoughts while reading books or personal documents.
Accessibility and Inclusion
As part of Speechify’s mission to make information accessible to everyone, the Highlights and Notes features also support users with learning differences such as dyslexia or ADHD. Highlighting and note-taking can reduce cognitive overload, break down complex information into manageable parts, and create a more interactive reading experience.
For auditory learners, combining Speechify’s AI voices with Highlights and Notes provides a dual approach: listening for comprehension and annotating for reinforcement. This not only helps with focus and retention but also creates a learning environment where users can succeed regardless of their preferred style.
Seamless Organization and Review
A major benefit of the Highlights and Notes features are the ability to review all annotations in one place. By selecting the Pencil Icon and opening the Highlights & Notes panel, users gain a comprehensive overview of everything they’ve marked or written.
This makes it easy to:
- Scan key ideas quickly before a test or meeting
- Compare highlights across multiple sections of a document
- Revisit notes for future projects, essays, or reports
- Build a personalized archive of insights over time
Instead of flipping through pages or scrolling endlessly, users now have a simple, centralized hub for all of their most important takeaways.
Speechify Notes Availability
The Highlights and Notes features are now available on both Web and iOS for all Speechify users. Future updates will expand and refine annotation tools, giving users even more ways to interact with and organize their content.