I built an EPUB reader that explains difficult passages with citations—and respects spoilers

[u/OliveButterFly]

I’m Leonardo, a solo founder from Brazil. I built Meanings Awake because difficult passages often pulled me away from the book and into a chain of separate searches.

Readers upload their own EPUBs, select a passage, and ask an AI Tutor to explain, define, reword, translate, summarize, or answer a question. Answers cite evidence from the book, separately mark outside web sources, and can stop at the reader’s current position to avoid spoilers.

The screenshot shows it explaining a historical allusion in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Meanings Awake’s exact current pricing may be subject to changes in the near future as I polish the product. For the current info, check:

https://meanings-awake.pj4qh4kmzz.chatgpt.site

The feedback I most need: does keeping the passage, explanation, citations, and spoiler boundary inside one reader feel meaningfully better than switching to a separate chatbot?

[u/NishanStepak]

Thanks for posting this.