Reservoir on iPhone

1Save something

From any app

  1. Step 1: In Safari, YouTube, a podcast app, Photos or anywhere else, tap Share.
  2. Step 2: Choose Reservoir in the row of apps. If it is not there, scroll to the end of the row, tap More, and add it.
  3. Step 3: On Save to Reservoir you can add a note or pick a collection. Both are optional.
  4. Step 4: Tap Save. The sheet answers Saved to Reservoir.

From inside Reservoir

  1. Step 1: Tap the Add tab.
  2. Step 2: Paste a link and tap Save link.
  3. Step 3: Or tap Take a photo, Choose a PDF or Write a note.
The Add tab: a field to paste a link with Save link under it, then Take a photo, Choose a PDF and Write a note.

From Safari, keep just a passage

  1. Step 1: Select the passage on the page, then tap Share and choose Reservoir.
  2. Step 2: The sheet shows the words you selected and where they came from.
  3. Step 3: Tap Save. It answers Saved as a note. Only the passage is saved, not the page.

2Find it again

  1. Step 1: Tap the Search tab and type in Search everything. Results start at two letters.
  2. Step 2: Each result says where the match was found: in the article, in your note, in the summary, or in text from a photo.
  3. Step 3: Tap a result to open it.
  4. Step 4: Search runs on the phone, so it works with no connection.
Search results for a word: each save, and under one of them the passage in the article where the word was found.
Step 2: where the match was found.

3Read, and highlight

  1. Step 1: Tap a save to open it. Articles open as clean text.
  2. Step 2: Press and hold on the text to select a passage, then tap Highlight in the menu.
  3. Step 3: To take a highlight away, select inside it and tap Remove highlight. Comment adds a comment to it.
  4. Step 4: For a note on the whole save, tap the ⋯ button at the top and choose Add a note.
A saved article open as clean text, with its title, its source and its picture.
A word selected in the article, with a menu over it whose first item is Highlight.
Steps 1 and 2: the reader, and Highlight in the menu.

4Organise

  1. Step 1: To make a collection, tap the Collections tab, then the + at the top. Name it and tap Create collection.
  2. Step 2: To file one save, press and hold it in your library and tap Add to collection.
  3. Step 3: To file several, tap Organize beside Unfiled in your library, tap the saves, and tap File.
The Collections tab with two collections and a plus button at the top right.

What Reservoir suggests

  1. Step 1: On Organize, tap the light bulb at the top.
  2. Step 2: Each suggestion names a collection and the saves it would hold. You can change the name.
  3. Step 3: Tap the tick to accept it, or the cross to never be offered that grouping again. Reservoir never files anything by itself.
The Organize screen: three unfiled saves, and a light bulb button at the top right.

5Bring a library in

  1. Step 1: Tap your picture at the top right of Library to open Settings.
  2. Step 2: Tap Import and export.
  3. Step 3: Tap Choose a file and pick a Pocket export, a bookmarks file from any browser, or a Reservoir backup.
  4. Step 4: It says how many were added and how many you already had. The readable text of each link follows over the next few hours.
Import and export: under Import, what files it reads and a Choose a file button; under Export, an Export library button.

6Share a save

  1. Step 1: Open the save, tap the ⋯ button at the top, and choose Share from Reservoir.
  2. Step 2: Under General access, choose Anyone with the link, or Only people with their own link after adding a person.
  3. Step 3: Tap the link to copy it, or tap Share link to send it.
  4. Step 4: To take it back, tap Stop sharing. Every link to that save stops working.
The actions for a save: Rename, Add a note, Read aloud, Keep a complete copy, Add to collection, Share the original, Share from Reservoir, Open original, Delete.
Step 1: Share from Reservoir, in the save’s actions.

A whole collection

  1. Step 1: Open the collection and tap the share icon at the top.
  2. Step 2: Send the link. Stop sharing appears on the collection for when you want it back.

What has been shared

  1. Step 1: In Library, find Manage Share and tap See all.
  2. Step 2: Switch between Shared with you and Shared by you.

7Recall, the digest and Listen

Recall

  1. Step 1: Tap the Search tab, type your question, and tap Ask your library.
  2. Step 2: The first time, tap Turn on Recall. It asks because it sends saved text to a language model.
  3. Step 3: The answer comes from your saves, with the passages it used. It needs a connection.

The weekly digest

  1. Step 1: In Library, tap the This week card. It appears once you have saved something.
  2. Step 2: The first time, tap Turn on cloud synthesis.
  3. Step 3: Tap Write this week’s digest. It needs at least three saves from the last seven days.
The Library, with the This week card at the top, then Collections and Unfiled.

Listen

  1. Step 1: Tap the Listen tab to hear Your week as one programme.
  2. Step 2: For a single save, tap the ⋯ button on it and choose Read aloud.
  3. Step 3: The voice downloads the first time you listen, and the audio is made on your phone.
The Listen tab, with Your week and its dates and a play button.

8Your account, and getting help

  1. Step 1: Tap your picture at the top right of Library to open Settings.
  2. Step 2: Contact us sends a message to the person who makes Reservoir. Say what happened and tap Send.
  3. Step 3: Trash keeps a deleted save for 30 days. Tap Restore to bring one back.
  4. Step 4: Sign out and Delete account are at the bottom.

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