TaleRic: learn a language by reading the books you love
I went to bed
Read the novels you love in the language you are learning. Tap any phrase and its meaning appears. It comes back in short reviews, in its own sentence, until it sticks.
Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann, 1913 Tap any phrase above
A novel, an article, your own EPUB. The text is never simplified: you read what native readers read.
Chapter 18 · 101 pages left
Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans l’intelligence humaine.
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Tap
The meaning of the phrase around the word appears at the bottom of the page. Tap the speaker to hear it.
certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans ◖))
Translation
Some mysterious mines hidden in
Phrase saved to lexicon
iii.
Remember
The phrase comes back in a short review, inside the passage where you found it, just before you would forget it.
Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées…
MissedHardKnew
02 — 27 languages
Every great book starts with a line.
Tap one. Each opens the way it does in the app: the meaning of the phrase, in your language.
tap a line
English · Spanish · French · German · Italian · Portuguese · Russian · Dutch · Polish · Swedish · Turkish · Norwegian · Danish · Finnish · Czech · Greek · Hungarian · Romanian · Bulgarian · Croatian · Slovak · Slovenian · Lithuanian · Latvian · Estonian · Catalan · Ukrainian
03 — Your sky
Every book becomes a constellation.
Each book you read is a figure in your sky: a quill, a ship, a mask. Every chapter you finish lights one of its stars. Reach the last page and the figure turns gold.
0 of 11 stars lit
04 — Words that stick
The phrase comes back. The sentence stays.
Spaced repetition schedules each review for just before you’d forget it. And the review grows with you: first you recognize it, at the end you recall it on your own.
Recognize
Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans l’intelligence humaine.
What does it mean here?
hiddenmysteriousdeepforgotten
05 — What you read
A shelf chosen by hand. And your own books.
Le comte de Monte-CristoDon QuijoteDie VerwandlungАнна КаренинаI promessi sposiDom Casmurronotes.docxyour-novel.epubAn article you saved
A shelf for each language, picked by hand, with new books added over time.
Your own reading: DRM-free EPUBs, Word documents, plain text, HTML and Markdown.
The web: save an article, or paste any text.
Open in TaleRic straight from Files or Mail.
06 — Who made it
Made by a language teacher
My name is Ricardo. I am a linguist, I studied English literature, and I have taught languages for more than ten years. I have also been a language learner for most of my life, and I love languages. Two things helped me most: reading real books, and reviewing words with flashcards. But I always had to do them in different places. So I made TaleRic.
07 — Plans
Start with a week. Then pick a pace.
Every new account starts with 7 days free, no card needed, with 20 lookups a day. A lookup is one tap that opens a meaning.
Reader
For steady daily reading.
$71.99 a year
150 lookups a day
Scholar
For the voracious.
$143.99 a year
1,000 lookups a day
US prices. The App Store shows yours in local currency. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends.
08 — Questions
Before you start.
Who is TaleRic for?
Learners past the basics, from about A2 up, who are ready for real books. If gamified lessons stopped teaching you anything new, this is the next step.
Which languages can I read in?
27, from Spanish, French and German to Finnish, Greek and Ukrainian. Meanings are explained in the language you speak, or, if you prefer, in the language you are learning, like a dictionary.
Can I read my own books?
Yes: DRM-free EPUBs, Word documents, plain text, HTML and Markdown files, web articles, or any text you paste.
What is a lookup?
One tap that opens a meaning. The trial gives you 20 a day, Reader 150 and Scholar 1,000.
Do my words sync?
Yes. Your words, reviews and progress sync across your devices.
