Obsidian is powerful but the learning curve is real, most people open it once and never come back. Notion and Readwise just store what you read, they don't connect it.
Built DotReader for people who want the power of Obsidian without having to be a power user. Add highlights from any book (photo, voice, Kindle import) and it finds connections across your library automatically. No folders, no system to design. The knowledge graph builds itself.
React Native app, uses Claude API and OpenAI under the hood.
Beta is live on iOS, sign up at dotreader.info and I'll send you the TestFlight invite
Been frustrated for a while that every note-taking app is great at storing what you read but none of them connect anything.
After going through a bunch of books I had no idea what ideas they had in common, where authors contradicted each other, nothing. Obsidian gets close but the setup is a lot for most people.
Built something that does the connecting part automatically. Add highlights from any book (photo, voice, Kindle import) and it finds relationships across everything you've saved. Graph builds itself.
Stack is React Native + Supabase + Claude API for the connection engine, OpenAI Whisper for voice transcription and GPT-4o Vision for OCR, and Google Books API for book autocomplete when you add a new book.
Built DotReader for people who want the power of Obsidian without having to be a power user. Add highlights from any book (photo, voice, Kindle import) and it finds connections across your library automatically. No folders, no system to design. The knowledge graph builds itself.
React Native app, uses Claude API and OpenAI under the hood.
Beta is live on iOS, sign up at dotreader.info and I'll send you the TestFlight invite
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