Welcome to Screvi

You just took the first step toward never losing a great idea again.

Most people highlight books, articles and bookmark posts from all over the place. But almost nobody has a reliable way to revisit those ideas and actually use them later.

You highlight things, but they disappear the moment you close the tab or finish the chapter.

Or, if you do save them, it's into a complex Notion or Obsidian database that ends up feeling like a second job to maintain.

Screvi exists to fix that. You collect highlights from everything you read or watch, and Screvi keeps them alive and easy to find.

Here are a few real examples of how people use Screvi:

The Doomscroller

You have 5 minutes to kill while waiting for coffee. Usually, you'd open Instagram or X and scroll mindlessly.

Instead, you open Screvi and scroll your highlights feed.

  • You see a forgotten insight about "patience" right when you're feeling rushed.
  • You find a highlighted paragraph from a novel that sparks a new idea, or reminds you of a past experience.

Your own personalized algorithm, built from the things you actually care about.

The Tough Week

You're having a difficult week and feeling overwhelmed. You open Screvi and search for "how to handle failure."

Screvi connects the dots across your entire reading history:

  • A quote from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius you read three years ago
  • A specific segment from a Steve Jobs interview on YouTube
  • A bookmarked tweet from a founder sharing their startup crash
  • A personal note you wrote when you were struggling last year

Isolated pieces of information, turned into a personalized answer curated by your past self.

The Writer

You're sitting down to write a post about habit building, but you're staring at a blank page. You type your topic into Screvi: "building better habits."

Your supporting arguments are ready:

  • A scientific definition from Atomic Habits
  • A contrarian take you saved from a blog post six months ago
  • A transcript snippet from a podcast interview with an athlete

Or, you can just scroll through your highlights feed randomly and let serendipity do the work.

Because sometimes you read something interesting but the timing isn't right. Screvi brings it back when you're ready for it.

Highlight feed

Import your first highlights

The more highlights you have, the more useful Screvi becomes.

The fastest way to get started: head to the Integrations page and pick your main reading source. Most users start with Kindle, but Screvi supports Kobo, Apple Books, PDFs, physical books (camera scan), Twitter/X bookmarks, YouTube, web articles, and more.

If you read on Kindle, the easiest method is through the browser extension or the mobile app. Just log in with your Amazon account and Screvi pulls in your highlights. You can also connect your Kindle via USB and upload the MyClippings.txt file. Full details here.

If you read physical books, the mobile app has a camera feature that detects highlighted or underlined text from photos of book pages. Snap a picture, draw over the text you want, and Screvi extracts it.

A few more things worth knowing

Article Reader. Share any URL with Screvi and it becomes a clean, distraction-free article. Any highlights you make are added to your library. Works with web articles, YouTube transcripts, PDFs, and newsletters.

Article reader

Daily Reviews. An optional daily email (or in-app session) that resurfaces highlights from your library using a spaced repetition algorithm inspired by Anki. You control the frequency and timing.

AI Search. Search in natural language ("what did I read about decision-making under pressure?") and Screvi finds the relevant highlights across all your sources, even if the exact words don't match.

Newsletter Inbox. Screvi gives you a personal email address. Subscribe to newsletters with it, and every issue goes straight into your Articles section with clean formatting and highlighting support.

iOS Widget. Shows random highlights on your home screen throughout the day. A nice way to revisit your library without opening the app.

Feedback and feature requests

If you run into any issue or just want to say hi, reach out at main@screvi.com or use the in-app feedback button.

If you have a feature request, you can add it to the public feedback board and vote on what gets built next.

Thank you for being here.

Whether you're using Screvi to learn, to write, or just to hold on to the thoughts that move you, I hope it becomes a quiet tool that supports your thinking for years to come.

I personally reply to every email. Just keep in mind that during busy stretches, it might take me a bit to get back to you.

Pedro, Founder of Screvi