Their world,
their words, their book.
Parler turns everyday moments (a sign on the way home, a chore chart, what they did at recess) into a real reading lesson, in any of 15 languages. Capture the world, write what happened, watch it become a real book.
Why this actually works
Reading sticks when it's about the day they just had.
Workbooks teach in the abstract. Parler teaches in the concrete: the menu they read, the chore they checked off, the bug in the garden they wrote a sentence about.
Words, tied to real moments
Vocabulary your child lived sticks. Words from a flashcard fade. Capture a chore chart, a menu, a poster, a recipe, and Parler reads it back so the sound joins the memory.
Their list, their library
Kids choose what to add: today's adventures, the bug they found, what they want for breakfast. Curating their own reading material teaches ownership and responsibility, not compliance.
A second language, naturally
Talk about everyday life in your home language; Parler reads it back in the language they're learning. Both languages on screen, side by side. The most useful French is the kind you actually use after dinner.
What ends up in their library
Their day, drawn and read aloud.
Six everyday moments, illustrated, translated into six languages, and ready to read aloud. Tap play under any one to hear what your child would hear, word by word, in their reading language.
“I read my own menu at the diner.”
Je lis mon propre menu au restaurant.
“I made my bed and brushed my teeth.”
Hice mi cama y me cepillé los dientes.
“I found a ladybug in the garden.”
Ich habe einen Marienkäfer im Garten gefunden.
“I built a sandcastle taller than my dog.”
我建了一座比我的狗还高的沙堡。
“We made pancakes shaped like dinosaurs.”
Abbiamo fatto delle frittelle a forma di dinosauri.
“I read my own book to the class.”
Eu li meu próprio livro para a turma.
How it works
From a real moment to a real book.
Capture the world.
Snap a sign on the way home, the back of a cereal box, a hand-written note. Parler pulls every word and reads it aloud, highlighting each one as it goes.
Or write what just happened.
“My brother and I built a fort out of pillows.” Parler turns one sentence into a page: voice, translation, illustration, all paced for a beginning reader.
Watch it become a real book.
AI illustrations match the moment your child described. Coloring book, watercolor, paper-cutout, your call. Print it as a picture book, fold one of 25 card templates and mail it to grandma.
Read it out loud, get a score.
Kids record themselves reading any sentence — up to 5 takes each. Speech-to-Text scores per word and shows a colored heart; the personal best per sentence sticks around even after takes are cycled out.
Draw, color, send.
A real drawing canvas: brush, fill, gradient, text layers. Turn a photo into a coloring page, color it in, then print it, send it to a viewer's mailbox, or put it on a t-shirt or mug.
A better thing to do on a tablet
Tablet time you don't have to negotiate.
Designed against the things that make modern kids' apps feel extractive. No feed, no autoplay, no nudges back in.
No ads, no algorithm, no feed
Children only ever see what their own parents have added. There is nothing to scroll, nobody to friend, no notifications.
Active, not passive
Reading aloud, recording themselves, illustrating their own sentences. The screen is doing work for them, not at them.
Tablet time worth defending
If their tablet time has to happen, on flights, errands, sick days, make it the kind that builds vocabulary instead of dopamine debt.
What's inside
Built for parents who actually parent.
Capture and read any book page
Snap a photo of a printed page; Parler OCRs the words with bounding boxes, reads it aloud, and highlights each word in time. Pages save into a personal library with folders, tags, and search.
Write stories together
Compose a story one sentence at a time. Each sentence gets a native-language voice, a translation, optional AI illustration, and a printable book layout. Edit in place, re-translate on save.
Book mode + clean view
A fullscreen picture-book experience with word-by-word highlight. A single tap hides every control so it's just the image and the words. Tap again to bring chrome back.
Record yourself reading
Up to 5 takes per sentence. Each take has its own scrubbable waveform and score. The lowest take is replaced when the kid records a 6th, and the personal-best score per sentence sticks around even after takes are deleted.
Reading score with per-word confidence
Speech-to-Text scores each take 0–100. The heart goes red → orange → yellow → green with the band; per-word opacity in score view shows exactly which words the recognizer wasn't sure about.
Draw and color
A canvas editor with brush, fill, gradient fill (with arbitrary angle), eraser, multi-line text on its own layer, and a thick palette. Generate an AI coloring backdrop from a prompt or a photo, drag it into place, then color over it.
Photo → coloring page
Upload a kid's portrait or pet photo, pick a style, and Parler turns it into a coloring book line drawing — the photo anchors the result so the kid recognizes themselves. Fast tier for quick passes, Pro tier for higher fidelity.
Print real greeting cards
25 templates, click-to-edit greetings and messages, cover from a kid's drawing or AI-generated. A real CSS 3D book-flip preview shows the card opening; print double-sided on Letter, fold in half, mail it.
Put a drawing on a t-shirt
Their masterpiece becomes a real product — Printify mockups for t-shirts, mugs, totes, hoodies. Order from inside the app, ship to grandma.
Co-parent in one library
Invite a partner or grandparent. Both adults see the same children, share the same library, can add stories or capture pages. Custody-friendly, divorce-friendly, real-life-friendly.
Family viewers (grandparents, godparents)
Share specific drawings, stories, pages, or cards with viewers who get a read-only mailbox. They can react with emoji; the kid sees the hearts back home. No app, no password — claim with a link.
Read in 15+ regional voices, translate to 100+
Reading voices in English (US · UK · AU · CA), Français (FR · CA), Español (ES · LATAM), Português (BR · PT), Deutsch, Italiano, 中文, 日本語, العربية. Card and story translation supports every Google Translate language.
Per-child controls
Decide what each kid can do: capture pages, delete, change speed, write their own stories, generate illustrations, which styles, record themselves, get scored. Open the runway up as they grow into it.
Activity feed + per-child progress
Every meaningful event lives on a per-account activity page — captures, recordings, scores, illustrations, shares. Glance at a sentence count and last-read time without it feeling like surveillance.
Print stories as picture books
Any story prints as a real picture book with illustrations, the child's name on the cover, both languages if you like. Their show-and-tell, on paper.
Tap any word, hear just it
Word-by-word highlight syncs to the audio. Tap a word to hear it on its own. Repeat sentences. Step forward one word at a time. Decoding-practice built in.
AI, used the right way
For the right things. Not the easy ones.
Most kids' apps point AI at engagement metrics. Parler points it at the moments when a child is doing something hard, like sounding out a new word, writing their first sentence, stretching into a second language. We use AI to help them, not to keep them tapping.
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AI for craft, not consumption
Imagen draws what your child wrote, not what an algorithm thinks they want to see next. There is no feed, no infinite scroll, nothing autoplays.
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Their data stays theirs
Stories, illustrations, recordings live in your private storage. Nothing trains a model. Content moderation runs server-side before anything is voiced or drawn.
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Designed for slow attention
Kids pick a sentence and stay with it. Replay, re-record themselves, illustrate it, print it. AI helps make the moment, not chase the next one.
Pricing
Pay only for the pictures.
Reading, listening, captures, translations, and recordings are unlimited on every paid plan. The one thing that uses a credit is generating an AI illustration. Cancel anytime.
Starter
For one family that reads together a few times a week.
- check50 illustrations / month
- checkUp to 3 children
- checkUnlimited reading + listening
- checkCancel anytime
Family
For a busy household with daily readers.
- check150 illustrations / month
- checkUp to 6 children
- checkUnlimited reading + listening
- checkPriority email support
Pro
Daycares, tutors, and big families.
- check500 illustrations / month
- checkUp to 15 children
- checkUnlimited reading + listening
- checkBulk-print friendly
Free trial included. Need more illustrations mid-month? Top up with a one-time pack. Pack credits never expire.
FAQ
Everything a grown-up wants to know.
How is this different from a phonics app?expand_more
Phonics apps drill abstract syllables. Parler reads what your child captured or wrote that day: a menu, a chore chart, a story about their afternoon. The vocabulary attaches to a real moment, which is how language actually sticks.
Is this just for bilingual families?expand_more
It's especially great for bilingual families, but it's just as useful for monolingual readers learning to decode, kids learning a second language at school, and adults polishing one. Each child sets their own reading language.
What can my child actually do safely?expand_more
You decide. Per-child toggles cover capturing pages, deleting, changing speed, writing custom sentences, generating illustrations, which illustration styles are allowed, whether they can record themselves, and whether their recordings get scored. Default is conservative; open it up as they grow into it.
Can my partner or co-parent help manage everything?expand_more
Yes. Invite a co-parent and you both see the same children, the same library, the same usage. Works for two-household families and for grandparents who want to add bedtime stories from afar.
Can grandparents see what the kid made without an account?expand_more
Yes. Invite a family viewer with a link — no app, no password. They get a read-only mailbox of drawings, stories, pages, or cards you've shared with them, and can react with emoji. The kid sees the hearts back home.
What can you print or send physically?expand_more
Stories print as a real picture book. Cards are a 25-template builder with a real 3D book-flip preview that prints duplex on Letter — fold in half and mail. Drawings can be ordered through Printify as t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, or hoodies, shipped directly.
Do my kids need their own email or password?expand_more
Never. You sign in with Google. Each child gets an 8-character code you share with their tablet. Codes are reusable and can be rotated from your dashboard.
What does it cost?expand_more
There is a free trial with 10 illustrations. Paid plans start at $4.99/mo (Starter, 50 illustrations) up to $24.99/mo (Pro, 500 illustrations and up to 15 children). Reading, listening, captures, translations, and recordings are unlimited on every paid plan. Pack credits to top up never expire.
How is AI used here?expand_more
A handful of bounded jobs, never as a feed: drawing illustrations from your child's sentences (Imagen), turning an uploaded photo into a coloring page that actually looks like the photo (Gemini image), shaping better illustration prompts, scoring kid recordings per word (Speech-to-Text), and reviewing custom sentences for kid-safe content. No feed, no recommendations, no model training on family data.
What happens to my data?expand_more
Stored in your private Firebase project, viewable only by you and the co-parents and children you invite. Delete a child and their pages, stories, and recordings go with them. Close your account and everything goes away in 30 days. See /privacy for the full picture.
Their next book is the day they just had.
Sign in with Google, add your kids, write the first sentence together. The first story takes about a minute to set up.
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