Google Chrome · Desktop
Article Capture
An optional tool for adding missing article text. Reading text already in BIT needs no extension; members with capture access can save what they can see on supported publisher pages.
Add to Chrome ↗READ HERE. KEEP THE CONTEXT.
Your reading, brought together.
Read what is already available in BIT. Use Article Capture when you need to add text from a supported publisher page.
Apple Safari
Coming to Safari
We’re preparing a Safari edition with the same private, reader-initiated capture workflow.
App Store installation will appear here after testing and approval.
Install from the store. Stay up to date.
The Chrome Web Store edition updates automatically after a new version is reviewed and published. If you installed the earlier unpacked edition, finish pending captures, install the store edition, then disable or remove the older copy to avoid duplicate capture buttons. Your saved articles, notes and conversations remain available.
When you need to add article text
- Sign in to your workspace. Use Google or verified email and password. New members need an administrator’s invitation; capture requires contributor or administrator access.
- Read the original article. Sign in to the publisher as usual. Let the article and images load.
- Capture & save to library. Click the extension. A successful save returns you to BIT to read and ask the companion questions.
For contributors, existing shared text opens as-is; new captures stay in their own library until an administrator approves sharing. The extension does not send publisher passwords or sign-in cookies to BIT; your notes and conversations remain personal.
Capture and read PDF reports
With the current Article Capture extension, open a supported publisher report PDF and choose Capture & save to library. When the original file is retained, choose Original layout for continuous reading with figures and tables, or Reading text for reflowed paragraphs and AI research. New contributor PDFs also require administrator approval before sharing.
If the file cannot be fetched, download the report from its publisher and select it on the import page. Capture an older text-only PDF once more to retain its original layout. Scanned pages are not OCR'd; use the original pages to check complex charts and tables.
Advanced: install the team’s Chrome download
- Sign in as a contributor or administrator, then download the extension ZIP.
- Extract it into a folder you will keep. Open
chrome://extensionsand enable Developer mode. - Choose Load unpacked, select that folder, and pin Article Capture. Check that the workspace address in the popup matches this site.
Repeat for each browser profile or device. This download does not update automatically: finish pending captures, replace the folder’s files, and click Reload after an update.
Moving from our earlier workspace address?
Sign in again here and install the extension from this workspace. The previous extension points to the old address and cannot transfer pending captures across domains. Capture any unfinished article again after updating. Your previously saved articles, notes and conversations remain available.
An article did not capture completely
Scroll through the publisher page to load content and compare the saved result with the original. Capture saves visible content; it does not unlock subscriptions or guarantee every publisher layout. Contact your administrator to correct existing shared text; contributor recaptures open the shared copy.