š” WiseUp! Vol. 4 ā Add your paper book highlights, YouTube improvements, and more
This week, weāre answering your top questions about watching YouTube videos on Readerālike how to resize the video window or select a transcriptāand sharing a recommended video so you can put these tricks into practice. Weāre also sharing a tip from our support specialist, Angie, on how to add highlights from paper books.
On the dev side, weāve added support for o3-mini, introduced the option to receive email receipts when your subscription renews, and more. Read on for all the details or view our log of weekly improvements.
Before we get into the tipsā¦
š Let's start with a reading recommendation
Can you "see" images in your mind? Some people can't
Our writer, Abi, stumbled upon a TED-Ed video on visualizationāperfect for testing out Readerās new YouTube features while learning how different brains process reading. "When reading Lewis Carrollās Aliceās Adventures in Wonderland, most readers visualize the Queen's croquet game play out in their heads. '...it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingos...' A few might see vivid details, such as the pattern of the hedgehog's quills or the flush of the queen's face. However, a small fraction of readers have a drastically different experience."From the support inbox
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ā A Reader question from Tim S:
How can I read my articles on my Kindle?
Tired of reading on backlit screens? You can now send web articles, EPUBs, and PDFs from Readwise Reader directly to your Kindle, with the option for daily or weekly digests. Set it up under Integrations.
ā A Readwise question from Florian K:
How can I get my paper book highlights into Readwise?
Capture highlights from your paper books by snapping a photo with the Readwise appās OCR (optical character recognition) feature. You can also upload screenshots or photos directly from your camera roll for quick access.
š New help doc of the week
Improve your video experience
This week, Cayla created a new section in the Reader FAQs to explain the recent updates to videos in Reader, including the ability to resize the video player, cleaned-up transcripts, and language selection.
š¬ New video of the week
Export your highlights to Apple Notes
You can now export your highlights to Apple Notes without having to manually copy/paste or set up specialized Shortcuts. In this video, our community manager Erin will show you how with our new Apple Notes exporter.
š° February 15-21 updates
What's new in Reader and Readwise
š§ NEW! Automated Email Receipts ā You can now opt in to receive automated email receipts for Stripe payments, thanks to Scott.
š¤ New AI Models ā Hannes added support for the o3-mini model in Ghostreader. He also upgraded chatgpt-4o to latest.
šļø Fixed Misaligned Captions ā Tristan fixed a bug where captions could overlap the bottom of their images. Now they're back underneath where they belong.
š± Fixed Keyboard Overlay ā Arek fixed an issue on Android devices where the keyboard could block the note field and tag input areas.
šø Fixed Sharing ā Sharing from the ChatGPT app should now work properly, thanks to Arek. He also fixed a glitch with sharing images of quotes from Readwise to Instagram Stories.
š Improved Performance ā Johannes made some speed improvements to scrolling, so navigating your your document lists should feel much smoother now. Artem also removed some code that could prevent documents from loading in some rare cases.
š¼ļø Improved Paged Images ā Artem fixed a bug where Reader could fail to store your reading position if only images were on the screen. This change should also improve how images appear in paged scroll mode more generally.
š Improved Location Positioning ā Reading position is now even more reliable. Documents should be less likely to open at the beginning of the document instead of their correct location.
š Sanitized Export Filenames ā Piotr fixed an issue where document titles containing special characters like tab and newline could cause problems in filenames when exporting to apps like Obsidian. These special characters now get replaced.
š Fixed Back Button ā Artem fixed a bug where using the button to go "back" after reading a document was leading to a blank screen.
š Parsing Updates ā Kryzs made improvements to how Reader handles posts from medium.com, substack.com, newyorker.com, chatgpt.com, and bonappetit.com.
š Three featured finds
From quality assurance specialist Eleanor
Something to read š
Eleanor revisited the story of Heidi, set in the Swiss Alps, and loved it so much she shared it with her son.
Something to focus š§
After picking up these soft headband earphones for her son, Eleanor discovered theyāre also perfect for adults cozying up with an audiobook.
Something to unwind š®
In the evenings, Eleanor doodles with Tombow MONO Drawing Pensāperfect for angled writing and pairing with her favorite brush pens.
š¬ From the Readwise group chat
In #today-i-learned
See you next week!
Warmly,
the Readwise customer support team