Observed arrival · 2026-08-28
Phoread, a reading layer for English originals
A multilingual reading assistant that adds pronunciation, context-aware word meanings, and sentence translation directly onto English articles, books, posts, emails, and subtitles.
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Phoread overlays English reading material with phonetic guidance, word-level definitions, and sentence translation, letting readers choose between marking only unfamiliar words and annotating the full page. Its vocabulary model begins with a short self-assessment—shown in the demonstration as an estimated 6,800-word vocabulary—and updates from words the reader taps or marks as mastered. The homepage presents web, iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS access, while describing the Chrome extension as still in preparation.
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