Glossary

Telereader uses a small, deliberate vocabulary. The words here are the ones the product uses in the UI; they are also the words the docs use, the marketing site uses, and the support conversations use. Picking one word per concept and sticking to it is what keeps the product calm.

Voice

The sound that reads the words. Each voice has a tone — warm, crisp, measured — that you pick by ear. "Voice" is also what you change when you want a different sound; it is not a setting called something else.

Listening

What you do while the voice reads. You are listening; the reader is reading. Avoid words like playback session.

Reading

A single piece of text and the audio that goes with it. A blog post is a reading. A book chapter is a reading. A pasted email is a reading. The library lists your readings.

Library

The page that lists your readings. Tap any reading to open it. The library is yours; it does not have categories or tags imposed by the product.

Credit

The unit of paid work. You see credits in the billing area when you have an account and have added them. Pricing terms — what counts as a credit, how many credits a reading uses — are on the plans-and-pricing page.

In-browser

Generation that happens inside the tab you are reading in. No network round-trip for the audio itself; the words are read by your device.

On our servers

Generation that happens on Telereader's servers. The audio is delivered to your device as it becomes ready. Choosing this mode is opt-in and shown before the work begins.