INTRODUCING VOCALYZE 4.0 — DESIGNED FOR FOLDABLE IPHONE DUO Vocalize AI is now built from the ground up for Apple's foldable form factor, transforming physical hardware postures into productivity superpowers while continuing to run 100% on-device. TABLETOP POSTURE: HANDS-FREE RECORDING & LIVE NOTES - Rest your phone on any table or desk in tabletop posture (90°–115°). - Upright Top Screen: displays high-definition real-time audio waveforms, elapsed time, live speech-to-text transcription, and privacy indicators ("No Audio Stored" in Live Notes). - Base Bottom Screen: generous tactile controls for Pause, Stop, timestamped Bookmarks, action notes, and text entry. - Intelligent Audio Tuning: automatically beamforms microphone capture to the top facing array and suppresses mechanical haptics during recording. BOOK POSTURE: AI STUDY COMPANION - Angle the device like a book (110°–150°) to unlock a dual-pane study workspace. - Left Pane: distraction-free document reader with synchronized word-by-word read-aloud. - Right Pane: docks your AI Study Companion sidecar—instantly view AI Summaries, generate interactive Quizzes and Flashcards, converse with "Ask Document", or configure Audio Overviews without interrupting your reading flow with modal sheets. DUAL-DECK AUDIO SUITE - In Tabletop posture, the Audio Editor cleanly separates into an upper visualizer deck (master waveform & spectral FFT) and a lower control deck (precision jog-wheel scrubber, trim & split markers, and AI Voice Separation sliders). SEAMLESS HARDWARE CONTINUITY - Move between Cover Screen, Book Posture, Tabletop, and Unfolded Flat without audio playback stuttering or recordings dropping frames. - Crease Safe-Area: typography, buttons, and reading text automatically adapt to avoid straddling the physical hinge. All transcription, document processing, and AI features remain strictly private and on-device. ``` SEARCHABLE DOCUMENTS, SMALLER FILES - Scan Paper, Take Photo, Photos, and Files imports now share the same searchable-PDF optimization pipeline. - Searchable PDFs use bounded 200-DPI JPEG page images, reducing storage while preserving fine print, highlighting, handwriting, receipt detail, OCR text, and read-aloud behavior. - Existing native searchable PDFs remain unchanged by default. RELIABILITY AND LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS - More reliable Spotlight indexing, title updates, and library backfill. - Improved audio playback speed display, calendar/reminder actions, microphone restoration, and inline Audio Overview navigation.

PASSWORD-PROTECTED PDF IMPORT You can now import password-protected PDFs directly into Vocalize AI. When selecting an encrypted PDF from Files or your library: - Prompted securely with a dedicated unlock sheet. - The password is authenticated on your device, removed permanently, and saved as a clean unencrypted document. - Fully searchable (FTS) and ready for on-device voice read-aloud and AI highlights. ENHANCED DOCUMENT SCANNER & PDF WORKFLOW - Import PDFs directly into the Scan Document workflow: select PDF files from the file browser alongside image formats. - Streamlined Review Scan: pages imported from PDFs now have a dedicated review flow that removes redundant "Rescan" buttons while keeping "Delete" and "Adjust" available. - Pages with diagrams or cover art can be easily accepted without being blocked by text density warnings. - Added a top-bar Cancel button with confirmation protection to prevent accidental cancellation and data loss while reviewing or preparing scans. FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS - Guardrail on page deletion: prevented deleting the only remaining page in a scan draft. - Improved multi-page PDF rendering and memory performance during import. - As always: all OCR, decryption, and text analysis runs 100% on your device.

LIVE NOTES — FOR MEETINGS YOU CAN'T RECORD Some meetings can't be recorded. Legal, HR, healthcare, or simply someone in the room who says no. Live Notes transcribes what's said as it's said and keeps only the text. No audio file is ever written to your device — not saved and deleted afterwards, never created at all. You get the transcript, the AI summary, and searchable notes, with nothing to hand over. Find it under the + button: "Live Notes (Transcript Only)". Live Notes appear in your library with a NO AUDIO badge so you can always tell which meetings were captured this way. TRANSCRIPTION NOW STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE — ALWAYS We found that transcription could fall back to Apple's speech servers when an on-device model wasn't ready. That isn't what we promise, so we changed the app rather than the promise. On-device transcription is now required. If it isn't available for your language, we tell you instead of uploading anything. If you'd rather have transcription than the guarantee, you can turn the fallback on yourself in Settings > Capture & Reading. It's off unless you choose it. FIXED - Daily Review on iPad: the Review tab showed an empty list even when you had highlights waiting. It works now. - The Daily Review widget is now available on iOS 26.2 and 26.3, not just 26.4 and later. - Ask no longer errors when you paste a long passage instead of typing a short question. - The record button now starts a new recording after you discard a take, instead of doing nothing. - Saving a recording no longer clears the folder or search you were looking at. ALSO NEW - Live transcription while recording: watch the transcript appear as you speak. Settings > Recording. Off by default. - Faster, more accurate on-device transcription, rebuilt on Apple's current speech framework. - AI Processing setting: see and control where AI runs, with a badge on every answer showing how it was produced. - Optional usage statistics you can inspect, in Settings > Usage Data. Off by default. No content, ever. As always: everything runs on your device.

3.0.0 is the on-device AI release. NEW • Ask any question across your entire library — answers cite the original excerpts. • Audio Overview turns any source into a two-voice podcast, generated on-device. • Markdown, Obsidian, Notion, and Readwise-compatible exports for any highlight, document, folder, or your whole library. • YouTube transcript import — share a video URL to save it as a readable, listenable, searchable source. • Daily highlight review with spaced repetition and a home-screen widget. IMPROVED • 20+ premium neural voices across 10 languages. • True 5× playback speed with pitch preserved. • Library-wide default voice plus per-document voice override. Cross-Library AI and Audio Overview require an Apple-Intelligence-capable device. Everything else works on every device that runs the app.

Vocalize AI 2.0 — Read anything, listen anywhere. NEW: No sign-in required • Use the app fully without an account — guest / local-only mode • Sign in later only when you want iCloud sync, sharing, or workspaces NEW: Document Reader • Import PDFs, EPUB books, Word, and text files; word-by-word read-aloud • Tap anywhere to read from that spot • Synchronized highlighting + 3-line context band NEW: EPUB Books • Clean reflow reader with chapter / TOC menu • Read-aloud, highlights, search, and AI all work on EPUB • Progress resume across sessions NEW: Document Scan • Scan paper with the camera or import photos • On-device OCR builds a searchable PDF • Quality review with single-tap rescan NEW: Save Web Articles • Save any URL; readable view strips ads • Word + line highlighting while reading aloud NEW: Share into Vocalyze • Share URLs, EPUBs, PDFs, and documents from Safari, Mail, Files, or any app with a share sheet • Duplicate-aware — "Already in Library" if it's already saved NEW: Highlight Review • Every highlight from documents, EPUB, web, or recordings flows into a single Library → Review surface • Due / Pinned / Recent views with gentle resurfacing • Tap a highlight to jump straight back to the source passage • In-app only — no push notifications, no nagging NEW: AI for Documents • Configurable Summary (length, mode, page range) • AI Quiz and AI Chat for any document • All on-device — no cloud, no tracking NEW: Vocalize Pro • Optional one-time IAP unlocks AI Voice Separation • Basic spectral separation remains free NEW: Smart Document Naming • Auto-name from the first heading we detect • Rename anywhere — context menu or reader title Performance & Reliability • ~500ms cold start; iPad tab switches instant after first load • Lazy paragraph rendering — book-length EPUBs open without memory pressure • Fixed a long-PDF reader crash • Many threading, memory, and OCR-pipeline fixes Polish • Native iOS share sheet from every item, reader, and AI card • Standardized delete confirmations across the app • Tags + full-text search across every transcribed/extracted word • CloudKit sync extended to documents, web articles, EPUB, and highlights All AI runs 100% on-device. Your recordings, documents, EPUB books, articles, transcripts, highlights, and AI results never leave your iPhone or iPad.