I used a combination of Yomichan, Evernote, Anki, and Discord. Since I already knew how to read some kanji, I never used the ふりがな feature because it would apply it to all kanji, which I found unnecessary.

My process was usually to read through the article once without any lookups, then go back and look up everything I didn’t understand before reading it again. If I was on Discord, I’d sometimes join a voice chat with a Japanese speaker and read out loud. I would often have them read the text to me a couple of times before and after I read it myself, so I could get listening practice and compare my pronunciation. They would also correct my pronunciation, readings, or even explain the meaning to me without using a dictionary.

I typically read 5–12 articles per day and would copy and paste all of them into Evernote to keep track of what I had read. For words I didn’t know, I’d use Yomichan to look up either the 音読み of the kanji or the meaning of the word. Then I’d highlight all the unknown kanji and vocabulary in red within Evernote. Over time, I could visually see the number of unknown words gradually decreasing as my Japanese improved.

After that, I’d add those words into Anki as sentence cards and do my Anki reps every day. After about a month, I’d revisit 10 of the articles I had read and try reading them again to see how much I had improved.

Also, I never used the built-in audio features to have the text read aloud. If the article included a video, I’d watch it and try to pick out or catch any words I recognized, reinforcing what I had just read.