Reading sequences

Some books contain a run of pages that should be read together, such as a journal. Those pages can open in a calmer reading view while still keeping the original scanned page beside the text.

Opening one

When a page belongs to a sequence, its caption area shows a reading sequence banner with an Open link. The reading view has a back button that returns to the page you were viewing.

Text layers

The reading view can show readable text, the original transcript, or an English translation when one exists. The scan remains visible so you can compare the text against the source page.

Flowed text and line-for-line

By default the transcript layers flow into comfortable paragraphs, joining lines that only break because the author reached the edge of the page. If you want to see the text exactly as it was written — line for line — use the Line-for-line (as written) toggle in the text tab bar. Your choice is remembered on this device.

If readable text hasn’t been created for a sequence yet, the view falls back to the original transcript and says so with a small notice.

Attaching photos to passages

When anchored links are enabled for a book, organizers can attach another page — usually a photo — to a specific passage: select the text (for example, “saw the most beautiful view”) and choose Link a page here, or use the small + next to a journal entry to attach to the whole entry. Anchored passages show a subtle underline; tapping one previews the linked page with the option to go to it. The author’s text is never changed — markers live alongside it.

For organizers

Organizers and admins can create or edit reading sequences from the Admin panel. A sequence stores only metadata and boundaries; page images, captions, transcripts, people, faces, comments, and thumbnails remain owned by the pages themselves.