Read with Eddy, with its sources
Open Research in Eddy and read Wikipedia, public-domain books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, US-government science pages or your own files in a clean reader. Select any words to ask about them. Or ask Eddy to look something up: it searches, reads the sources, and writes a short brief that quotes only paragraphs it actually read, with numbered citations you can check.
An article, a book, your notes.
Press Research, or Cmd + E, and search. Filters keep it to what you want: All, Wikipedia, Books and stories, NASA and science, or Your files. Pick one and it opens in a clean reader, without ads or sidebars, ready to read with Eddy.
For a younger learner, Wikipedia opens in Simple English first.
A site the reader does not open says so. Eddy can open it in a web page tab with you instead.
Select it. Ask about it.
Select any words on the page and four buttons appear: Ask Eddy, Show me, Explain and Save. Ask what a sentence means, see it as a picture, or keep it as a highlight. Select anywhere lets you drag a box over a table or a figure and ask about that.
Research you can check.
Ask Eddy to look it up, or pick Look it up in How Eddy answers. Eddy shows its steps as it searches and reads, then writes a short brief. Every claim has a number, and every number opens the paragraph it came from. If Eddy did not read it, it does not quote it.
Wikipedia
Articles in a clean reader, with Simple English for younger readers.
Books and stories
Public-domain books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks.
NASA and science
US-government science pages, like NASA's.
Your files
Your own files, in the same clean reader.
Have Eddy read it to you.
Press Listen in the reader and Eddy reads the article or story aloud, lighting up each word as you hear it. Tap a word to pause and ask about it.
Read aloud
Words light up as they are read, so you can follow along.
Tap a word
Reading pauses and Eddy tells you about that word.
Save what matters
Select words and press Save to keep them as a highlight.
Find it. Read it. Ask about it.
How reading with Eddy goes.
- 1. Open Research
Cmd + E, or ask Eddy to look it up.
- 2. Pick a source
Wikipedia, a book, a science page or your files.
- 3. Read and select
Ask Eddy, Show me, Explain or Save on any words.
- 4. Check the brief
Every number opens the paragraph it came from.
Say it back in your own words.
Reading with someone who asks you what a paragraph means, and lets you ask back, is how reading turns into understanding. Bring your own homework too: Eddy opens your PDF or Word file the same way. The learning science behind it: Explain it back in your own words.
How to use it
Frequently asked questions
Is there an AI that reads along with me?
Yes. In Eddy's reader, press Listen and Eddy reads the article or story aloud while each word lights up. Tap any word to pause and ask about it. Select a sentence to ask what it means, see it as a picture, or save it.
Where do Eddy's sources come from?
From what Eddy actually opened and read: Wikipedia, public-domain books from Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, US-government science pages and your own files. Its brief quotes only paragraphs it read, and each numbered citation opens that paragraph, so you can check it.
Can Eddy help me understand my assigned reading?
Yes. If the reading is on Wikipedia or a public-domain book, open it in Research. If it is a PDF, Word file or slides from your class, open it with Open a file and Eddy reads it with you. Select any part to ask about it.
Does it make up quotes?
Eddy's research brief quotes only paragraphs it actually read, and every claim carries a number that opens its source. If something is not in what it read, it does not cite it. You can always open the source and check.
Does the reader work on a Chromebook?
Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. On a Mac, the reader is in the Eddy tab of the DuckyHelper dashboard, and Ducky can read along on your own screen.
More features
Read something with Eddy
Open the Eddy tab in the Mac app, press Research and pick a page.
