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Average time before reading a real book in a new language
3+ years
With Ler E Aprender: day one.
The book teaches you what the classroom never will.
How it works
You pick the book. AI handles the rest.
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Get full translations
Every sentence translated naturally — context, idioms, and tone preserved. Not robotic word-by-word.
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Understand grammar in context
Grammar explained from the sentence you just read. Why that tense, that mood, that construction.
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Practice and retain
Exercises generated from what you read — fill-in-the-blank, conjugation, writing. Plus vocabulary export.
See it in action
One page. Three layers of understanding.
Original text
“Muitos anos depois, diante do pelotao de fuzilamento, o coronel Aureliano Buendia havia de recordar...”
The raw sentence from the book
AI translation
“Many years later, facing the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember...”
Full natural translation with context
Grammar + vocabulary
“havia de recordar” — imperfect periphrastic future, expressing an inevitable past action. Common in literary Portuguese and Spanish.
Why the author chose this construction
I studied Korean for two years with apps and courses. 400 days of streaks. Still couldn't read a restaurant menu in Seoul.
After two weeks of reading a real Korean cookbook with Ler E Aprender, I could. The book taught me what the courses never did.
What learners say
Real readers, real books, real progress.
Before
“Dom Casmurro sat on my shelf for three years. I kept telling myself I’d read it when my Portuguese was better.”
After
“Opened it with Ler E Aprender last month. Understood the first page. Then the second. Then I couldn’t stop.”
Before
“My teacher said I wasn’t ready for real Japanese books yet. That I needed another year of textbooks.”
After
“Uploaded a page of Murakami anyway. The grammar breakdown showed me I already knew more than I thought.”
Before
“30 minutes looking up words per page of Le Petit Prince. Then close the book and wonder if I’ll ever get there.”
After
“Upload a photo. Translation, grammar, context — all there. Finished the chapter in one sitting.”
Why this is different
Most tools teach you the language. This one lets you use it.
Traditional language learning assumes you're not ready for real content. So it keeps you in textbooks and artificial dialogues until someday you'll be “fluent enough.” For most learners, that day never comes.
You start with a real book — the one you actually want to read. AI explains every sentence: grammar, idioms, cultural context. You don't wait to be ready. You become ready by reading.
Simple pricing
Less than a single tutoring session.
Private tutors charge $50–100/hr. Start learning through real books for a fraction of the cost.
Free
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Starter
$3.33/mo
250 pages/month with translations, collocations, and quizzes.
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$12.49/mo
1,000 pages/month with all exercises, tutor chat, and Anki export.
Any language, any book
12+ languages supported and growing.
PortugueseSpanishFrenchGermanItalianDutchJapaneseKoreanChineseRussianArabicHindi+ many more
Frequently asked questions
- What languages does Ler E Aprender support?
- Any language. Upload a page in Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, or any other language and get AI-powered translations into English.
- How is this different from Google Translate?
- Unlike word-by-word translators, Ler E Aprender gives full contextual sentence translations, explains grammar inline, and lets you build vocabulary with Anki export.
- Can I export my vocabulary to Anki?
- Yes. Save key phrases as you read, then export them as Anki-compatible flashcard decks for spaced repetition study.
- What book formats are supported?
- Upload photos or scans in JPG, PNG, or HEIC format. The app uses OCR to extract text, then translates and annotates each sentence.
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