Show HN: A cursor like experience to read epubs, starting with a mindmap

20 kasince2k 5 6/12/2025, 4:59:30 PM proread.ai ↗

I built ProRead to prevent stalling on long passages and to keep the overall context clear.

Features

* Bird’s-eye overview with drill-down to any level

* Interactive maps showing concept links

* Quick switch between chapter summaries and original text

* Contextual AI Q\&A

* Text-to-speech for any book or summary level

* EPUB upload for instant access

Includes nine classics (Wealth of Nations, Crime and Punishment, etc.) and support for your own books.

I arrived at this by piecing together LLM-based workflows for reading until I decided to build a dedicated tool. Feedback welcome.

Comments (5)

pdasika · 5h ago

I think the spaces are very interesting. I will use it for my weekly dose of arxiv paper reading.

rajs123 · 23h ago

As someone who is always on a hunt for LLM-enhanced reading workflows, I love this tool! I like the select text and add to chat feature and TTS mode features.

kasince2k · 22h ago

thank you! would love to hear more about how you use proread!

palash2995 · 21h ago

thanks for sharing, just converted a research paper into this format. Makes it so much more consumable

rajatp · 19h ago

Love the mindmaps!

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Show HN: A cursor like experience to read epubs, starting with a mindmap

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