Extract and export
Collect highlights and notes, choose citation styles, and export Markdown with source links. Keep your reading available to StrataWrite, Obsidian, and other writing tools.
Search the text
Find passages across locally indexed PDFs.
Inspect the evidence
Keep citations, pages, and source context together.
Bring it into writing
Export Markdown and connect to StrataWrite on Mac.
StrataRead 4.0 preview
A library built for returning to your sources.
Move between Library, Recent, and Map views. Scan source details in a table on Mac and iPad, or use the compact library on iPhone.
Full-text and field-specific search
Search indexed PDF text alongside metadata, notes, and extracts. Narrow results by author, year, title, project, or keyword, with indexing status visible as the library prepares.
Projects, keywords, and reading state
Organize sources around your research, browse topic relationships in Map, and keep track of your reading as the collection grows.
Metadata and library maintenance
Review suggested metadata repairs, inspect duplicate candidates, and look for available open-access PDFs. Bibliographic lookups support DOI, ISBN, title, and author information.
The Evidence sheet
Compare passages with their sources in view.
The new Evidence sheet gathers matching passages across papers, grouped by source with citations and page context. Filters help you focus on methods, citation cues, figures and tables, DOI mentions, or keywords.
Read more context, then open the source
Expand the surrounding text and return to the PDF page to check the passage in its original setting.
Copy cited evidence
Copy one passage or a collection as Markdown with source references and links back into StrataRead.
Optional synthesis
On supported devices, Apple’s on-device model can help synthesize the retrieved passages. Review its answer against the evidence and original papers.
Reading into writing
Keep your annotations useful beyond the PDF.
Connect to StrataWrite
On Mac, enable StrataRead’s local read connection to find its sources inside StrataWrite’s citation palette. Select a source to import metadata and insert the reference.
Optional AI access
AI Connections lets compatible Mac assistants search and read permitted library content. Read access is off by default, with separate permission for changes. Connected apps may send content to their own providers.
Built-in generation uses Apple’s on-device model where available; compatible hardware and Apple Intelligence are required. Metadata lookups contact outside research services. Read about privacy and controls.
Follow the path from source to manuscript.
This is a preview of work toward 4.0. Features may change before release; availability has not yet been announced.