Alexandria Blog
Insights, updates, and tips about reading comprehension, text-to-speech technology, and learning efficiency.
FlowRead Is Now Alexandria
FlowRead has a new name. Alexandria is the reading platform built to help you actually remember what you read. Here's why we changed, and what it means for you.
How Do You Listen to Your Kindle Books?
Download your Kindle books from Amazon as EPUB files and listen with word-by-word text-to-speech. Step-by-step guide for the official 2026 Amazon download method.
Is AI Making You Forget How to Think?
AI cognitive offloading trades short-term convenience for long-term memory loss. The science explains why, and what tools designed for understanding do differently.
Why Do You Forget 77% of What You Read? The Science Explained
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, testing effect, spaced repetition, dual coding: what memory science says about reading retention and why passive reading fails.
Is Screen Time Actually Bad for You? What 17,000 People Revealed
Screen time research on 17,000+ people shows total time isn't the problem. What the screen is pointed at is.
Why Do You Remember Conversations But Forget Articles?
You forget articles because your brain outsources memory to the internet (the Google Effect). Learn the science behind why conversations stick and how to fix article retention.
Why Does Your Brain Give Up After 3 Paragraphs?
Working memory holds ~4 chunks. Reading demands three jobs at once. When the budget runs out, comprehension collapses.
How to Actually Remember What You Read
Science-backed strategies for better reading retention using active recall, spaced repetition, and dual coding.