PDF listening, with voice notes

Listen.
Leave a note.

Record a voice note or bookmark a passage right where a thought happens. RoadNote turns text-based PDFs into books you can listen to, read, and pick up again on iPhone or CarPlay.

RoadNote is in beta as it prepares for its App Store release.

RoadNote listening screen with book cover, progress bar, playback, bookmark, and voice-note controls
Voice notes at your place
Listen in CarPlay
Made for the drive

Your book, ready for the road.

Connect to CarPlay and keep your hands on the wheel. The dashboard gives you the essential controls while RoadNote continues playing with your phone locked. Use the Lock Screen controls when you’re away from the car, too.

  • Play, pause, skip ten seconds, or scrub the timeline.
  • Add a bookmark or record a voice note at your current place.
  • Return to each PDF’s saved listening position.
RoadNote playback controls in the CarPlay dashboard
Keep your thoughts with the page

Voice notes and bookmarks, right where you need them.

Capture an idea in your own words or save a passage to revisit. RoadNote remembers where you left off and keeps each note and bookmark linked to its place in the PDF.

01 / NOTE

Voice notes

Capture a thought in your own words. Saved notes stay linked to their place in the PDF.

02 / MARK

Bookmarks

Save a spot you want to find again and jump back to it later.

03 / START

Choose where to begin

RoadNote suggests where the main text starts. Change the start page whenever you want; the opening pages remain available.

RoadNote reading mode with the current text highlighted
One book, two ways

Move between listening and reading without losing your place.

RoadNote keeps the audio and text together. Read along with the highlighted passage, tap any text to start listening there, or scroll to another section and continue from your new position.

  • Follow synchronized text highlighting.
  • Tap a passage to hear it from that point.
  • Choose light, dark, or sepia reading colors, then adjust text size.
Make it sound like yours

Ten included voices. Set your own pace.

Choose from ten voices—five male and five female—and change the voice or playback speed even while listening. Emily is selected when you first use RoadNote.

EmilyDefault voice
RoadNote voice and speed settings
Simple, one-time upgrade

Start free. Make room with Pro.

Try the complete listening and reading experience before deciding whether you need more library space.

Free

Your first three PDFs

Listening, reading, CarPlay, bookmarks, and voice notes are included with your first three imported PDFs.

RoadNote Pro

One purchase. Yours for life.

Unlock unlimited PDF imports and Markdown note exports with a one-time lifetime purchase.

RoadNote works with PDFs that contain readable text. Image-only scanned PDFs are not supported.

From DukeMade

Bring a little more of your reading along.

RoadNote is in beta while it gets ready for its App Store release. Check back for launch details.

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