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Chapter 1 is ready first; the next chapter’s podcast and video start when you finish reading this one, so NotebookLM’s allowance goes where you’re headed.
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NeuralLoop
Turn a book you own into tiny learning loops, with Pip, a red panda who studies with you.
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01the loop
five steps per chapter, then it unlocks the next
Chapters open one at a time. Each one moves through the same loop, and the book map grows as you go.
- 01
listen & watch
A podcast and an explainer video for every chapter, made by NotebookLM or by your own AI and voiced right on your Mac.
- 02
read
The chapter itself, with a study guide beside it. Pip counts real reading at a real pace, not a fast skim.
- 03
recall
Close the book and explain it back in your own words. Each key idea is checked against what you actually wrote.
- 04
map
Rebuild the chapter’s concept map from memory, then compare. The whole book’s map grows one chapter at a time.
- 05
remember
Flashcards scheduled with FSRS, so every card comes back just before you’d forget it. Then the next chapter unlocks.
02see it
ninety seconds with Pip
03bring your own brain
NotebookLM by default, or any AI you like
Including models that run entirely on your Mac. Everything is checked and retried before it reaches you.
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04the details
small things that make it feel looked after
steps that tick themselves off
Played 85% of the podcast, read the pages at a human pace, finished the quiz, reviewed every card: the step completes on its own.
a dramatic little panda
Pip lives in your menu bar and nudges gently. Away a while? Silly mode plays a tiny sad violin, then a sad meow, then a shocked “fahhh”.
every device
An iPad app and a private Google Drive library keep your books, cards and progress in step between your Mac and iPad.
private by design
Your books stay on your Mac, keys live in the Keychain, and the app sends nothing home. No accounts beyond the ones you choose.
source-available
Python pipeline, Swift 6 core, SwiftUI app, around 870 tests. Free for personal use under the PolyForm Noncommercial licence.
05get it
three steps, then Pip moves in
- 1
Download
Get NeuralLoop. It’s free.
- 2
Drag Pip into Applications
Open the download and drop Pip on the Applications folder.
- 3
Say “Open Anyway” once
The first time, macOS asks: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. The app isn’t notarised yet, so this is a one-off.
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