The Hare and the Tortoise
The Boy Who Cried Wolf01
Pick a book
The shelf shows the books for the child's age. If it is there, it shows.
The child's voice
draws the story
A read-aloud story reader. The child reads the page and the scene shows up: the landscape lights, the characters walk in and the page turns.
listeningpage 3 of 12And the tortoise kept going slowly, step by step.
you imagined this page
stuck on a word?slow · lyone piece at a time
how it works
Three steps. No magic button.
The scene shows up because the child read it — not on a tap, and not on a timer.
The Hare and the TortoiseThe Boy Who Cried Wolf“once upon a time…”slowly, your way
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Read out loud
The child reads the page — or an adult reads it to her. No rush, and no grade.
the words light up in colour 03
The page shows up
The landscape lights, the characters walk in and the page turns. The voice is what draws.
for whom
Two ways to read the same story
The child reads alone
Shorter books, for whoever is starting to read on their own. Stuck on a word? She taps help me and the word comes one piece at a time. No screen tells her she got it wrong.
help me tor · toi · se
The adult who reads
In the longer books, you read out loud and the scene shows up just the same. Perfect for before reading — and for bedtime.
at the end of every book
“look what YOU drew by reading!”
for parents
Honest about what happens to the child's voice
For the scene to show up, the browser has to hear. Chrome's speech recognition sends the audio to Google, and Safari's may send it to Apple; both send back the text. Imagine receives only the words, compares them with the page, and keeps none of what was said.
- The account belongs to the adult. The child has no password, no photo and no public profile.
- You give the consent before the first book.
- No ads, no chat and no contact between users.
- No performance report: this is meant to be fun.
The child reads out loudthe device's microphone hearsaudio
Google or Apple sends back the textthe browser's speech recognitionaudio → text
Imagine compares it with the pageand the scene shows upnothing saved
What does get saved is only the progress: which page each book stopped on.
plans
The whole shelf. 7 days free.
Both plans have everything. The only difference is how you prefer to pay.
Monthly
US$ 9.90/month
no lock-in · cancel whenever you want
- US$ 0.00 today; the 1st charge is on the 8th day
- After that, US$ 9.90 every month
Yearly
US$ 82.90/year
comes to US$ 6.91/month · save US$ 35.90 a year
- US$ 0.00 today; the 1st charge is on the 8th day
- One charge a year, up front
In both: every book in the account's language, new books at no extra cost, no ads.
questions
Before you start
Do I need a card for the free trial?
Yes, and nothing leaves your card today. The first charge is on the 8th day, counted from the card's confirmation. Cancelled during the trial? You pay nothing.
How do I cancel?
On the shelf, in "the account › billing": tap cancel and confirm, no explanation needed. You keep reading until the end of the period you already paid for. After that, to read again you just subscribe again.
Which devices does it work on?
For the scene to show up the browser has to hear, and today the one that hears is Chrome — on a computer or on Android — and Safari — on a Mac, iPhone or iPad. In another browser the book still opens, but without voice the page does not turn and the scene does not show up.
Do I have to allow the microphone?
When the first book opens, the browser will ask. Just tap allow. If you refuse, the book still opens — it just will not turn the page by voice.
What happens to the child's voice?
The audio goes from the browser straight to speech recognition: Google's, in Chrome, or Apple's, in Safari, which may send it to Apple's servers. The words come back as text. Imagine never receives or stores the audio: only the text arrives, it is compared with the page, and it is not saved.