CastReader @CastReader_AI

Big CastReader update 🎉 Clone your own voice with Pro. Enjoy smoother playback and more natural pauses. Free to start, with affordable Pro plans. Try it on all three: Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/castrea… iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/castrea… Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

CastReader is now live on browser, iPhone, and Android 🎉 Turn webpages, PDFs, ebooks, and AI answers into natural audio—with synced highlighting and AI explanations. 🖥 Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/castrea… 🍎 iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/castrea… 🤖 Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

You read the whole paragraph… and still have no idea what it actually said. Most read-aloud tools won't help with that — they just narrate the words back, robot-style. CastReader is different. It doesn't just read the page — it explains it. 🖊️ Dense or jargon-heavy passage (or one in another language)? CastReader breaks it down in plain words, in the language you actually think in — so a hard page finally makes sense. A long document you'd normally zone out listening to? Its pen highlights the key points as it reads, then distills and explains them — so the important stuff actually lands. Less zoning out. More actually getting it. Read it, hear it, finally understand it. 👉 Try CastReader free: castreader.com Chrome · 40+ languages · no login to start

Exciting new feature! Read-along highlighting: grab a virtual pen, highlight key points on the page, and breeze through long articles! CastReader just got a fresh update. I've been building this product since last year, and after pivoting my strategy a few times, I'm finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Getting a few paid users every single day now, and honestly, I couldn't be happier. It's a Chrome extension with these core features: Read-along web reading: Text highlighting with adjustable playback speed. Smart content summarization: Like having a personal assistant with a highlighter pen, it extracts key takeaways and marks up the page to boost your reading efficiency. Auto-translation: Translates foreign web pages into your native language and reads them out loud to you. Versatile support: Read any webpage or local files seamlessly after installation. This groundbreaking feature was an absolute game-changer for me when I built it. Everyone who’s tried it so far is totally hooked! Give it a spin and let me know what you think—I’d love your feedback!

Hey all — solo maker here, just shipped the feature I'm most excited about. You know the problem with most TTS tools: they free up your eyes, but your brain still can't keep up. Hit a dense doc or a hardcore explainer and the voice just drones on word for word — by the end your head's mush and you're rereading it yourself anyway. Slow and exhausting. That's the part I wanted to fix, so CastReader now has a Read & Explain mode. Instead of reading verbatim, it explains as it goes — all in sync with the audio. Three things I'm proud of: It explains, not just narrates — it breaks down the convoluted bits and says them in plain language, so dense or obscure writing clicks by ear. It marks up the page as it talks (my favorite part) — a virtual pen moves across the original text in sync with the voice, circling and highlighting the key info, like taking notes by hand. Light touch, never covers the text; your eyes follow the pen, so you stop drifting off mid-listen. Synced subtitles — every line of explanation shows up word-by-word, so you read and listen at once. The way I think about it: it's not an AI summary that hands you a detached block of text — it's more like a tutor sitting next to you with a pen, circling things and explaining while you both stay on the same page. You're anchored to the source, not a summary that floats off on its own.

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CastReader is a read-aloud and AI explanation tool for Kindle books, web articles, and PDFs. It turns text into natural-sounding speech and gives on-demand AI explanations, making long-form content easier to read and understand. 😄Like what we do? Leave us a review and help us spread the word! 🥰producthunt.com/products/castr…

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