SciRead: Science on the Go
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About this app
SciRead turns free health books and research articles into something you can listen to. Pick a book, press Play, and a clear voice reads it to you, one sentence at a time, while you cook, walk, travel or rest your eyes.
WHY SCIREAD
Good health information is often long and hard to read on a small screen. SciRead makes it easy: listen to it like an audiobook, or read along while the voice marks each sentence for you. It is made for patients and families, carers, students, nurses and anyone who wants to understand health and science better.
NIH BOOKS
• Over 1,300 free books from the NCBI Bookshelf of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Topics such as health research, care and policy, food and nutrition, the environment, veterans' health and public health
• Browse by topic, search by title, or start with a "Good first listen"
• Every book is free, and its licence and credit are shown
RESEARCH ARTICLES
• Millions of free full-text research papers from PubMed Central and Europe PMC
• Search any subject, or start from topics like heart, cancer, diabetes, mental health, sleep, food, ageing and genes
• Hear a paper's summary and sections, without the reference lists
LISTEN YOUR WAY
• Play and pause, 15 seconds back or forward, Back and Next by sentence, and the previous or next part
• A clear Stop button, and speed 1x or 1.25x
• With Premium: any speed from 0.5x to 2x with the tone of the voice, your choice of your phone's English voices, and a sleep timer from 5 to 60 minutes or to the end of the part
• Keeps reading with the screen off or while you use other apps; control it from the notification, the lock screen or your headphones
READ ALONG
• Switch from Listen to Read to see the whole page
• The sentence being read is marked, and the page follows the voice
• Tap any sentence to hear it from there
• With Premium: change the text size, the font, the line spacing, and use a sepia or dark page
YOUR SHELF
• Save books and articles for later
• SciRead remembers where you stopped in every book
• A free account is needed to use SciRead: sign in with Google or with your email (with password recovery)
• Your shelf and places follow you to your other devices
SIX THEMES
• Elements (free): bright, colourful topic tiles
• Premium: Clinical (white and teal), Lumen (black on white with a yellow highlight), Atlas (navy, compact), Spatial (dark titanium) and Heritage (ivory and a vinyl player)
On a tablet, the player sits beside the books, so you can browse while you listen.
FREE, WITH ADS
SciRead is free with an account and shows ads. SciRead Premium, bought in Google Play for 3 months or 1 year, adds three things: the five Premium themes, no ads, and the advanced player controls above. You can also watch a short video for an hour without big ads.
Sources of information used in this app:
• NCBI Bookshelf: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
• PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
• Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/
Privacy policy: https://www.omeletteinc.com/pubmedhub-privacy.html
SciRead is a reading and listening tool. It does not give medical advice; talk to a doctor about your own health.
WHY SCIREAD
Good health information is often long and hard to read on a small screen. SciRead makes it easy: listen to it like an audiobook, or read along while the voice marks each sentence for you. It is made for patients and families, carers, students, nurses and anyone who wants to understand health and science better.
NIH BOOKS
• Over 1,300 free books from the NCBI Bookshelf of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Topics such as health research, care and policy, food and nutrition, the environment, veterans' health and public health
• Browse by topic, search by title, or start with a "Good first listen"
• Every book is free, and its licence and credit are shown
RESEARCH ARTICLES
• Millions of free full-text research papers from PubMed Central and Europe PMC
• Search any subject, or start from topics like heart, cancer, diabetes, mental health, sleep, food, ageing and genes
• Hear a paper's summary and sections, without the reference lists
LISTEN YOUR WAY
• Play and pause, 15 seconds back or forward, Back and Next by sentence, and the previous or next part
• A clear Stop button, and speed 1x or 1.25x
• With Premium: any speed from 0.5x to 2x with the tone of the voice, your choice of your phone's English voices, and a sleep timer from 5 to 60 minutes or to the end of the part
• Keeps reading with the screen off or while you use other apps; control it from the notification, the lock screen or your headphones
READ ALONG
• Switch from Listen to Read to see the whole page
• The sentence being read is marked, and the page follows the voice
• Tap any sentence to hear it from there
• With Premium: change the text size, the font, the line spacing, and use a sepia or dark page
YOUR SHELF
• Save books and articles for later
• SciRead remembers where you stopped in every book
• A free account is needed to use SciRead: sign in with Google or with your email (with password recovery)
• Your shelf and places follow you to your other devices
SIX THEMES
• Elements (free): bright, colourful topic tiles
• Premium: Clinical (white and teal), Lumen (black on white with a yellow highlight), Atlas (navy, compact), Spatial (dark titanium) and Heritage (ivory and a vinyl player)
On a tablet, the player sits beside the books, so you can browse while you listen.
FREE, WITH ADS
SciRead is free with an account and shows ads. SciRead Premium, bought in Google Play for 3 months or 1 year, adds three things: the five Premium themes, no ads, and the advanced player controls above. You can also watch a short video for an hour without big ads.
Sources of information used in this app:
• NCBI Bookshelf: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/
• PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
• Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/
Privacy policy: https://www.omeletteinc.com/pubmedhub-privacy.html
SciRead is a reading and listening tool. It does not give medical advice; talk to a doctor about your own health.
Research articles and medical books on the go, reading articles in a clear voice
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What’s new
A free account now opens SciRead: sign in with Google or email. Six new themes: Elements is free; Clinical, Lumen, Atlas, Spatial and Heritage come with Premium. Premium also includes advanced controls: any speed with pitch, voice choice, the sleep timer, Large controls and reading tools. Easier search and typing.
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About the developer
Omelette Inc.
omelettesoft@gmail.com
1975 Washington Ave
Seaford, NY 11783-2249
United States
+1 917-993-9292
