I kept losing the thread of audiobooks — drifting off, rewinding, never quite holding the words. So I built the player I wanted: one that shows every word as it's spoken, like karaoke, and lets me read along at my own pace. That's HushBook.
Point it at any audiobook — an MP3 you own, an M4B, or a free classic from the built-in LibriVox / Internet Archive library — and it transcribes the narration on your phone and lines up each word to the audio. Tap a word to jump there. Capture a quote. Watch your reading habit grow.
What HushBook believes
Privacy first
Transcription runs entirely on-device with the HushBook Engine. Your audio never leaves your phone — there's no account and no cloud.
Accessibility first
Vision, Dyslexia and Comprehension profiles drive every default — fonts, caption sizes and colours — so the app fits you, not the other way round.
Your library, yours
Bring your own files and keep them local. The public-domain store is there when you want something new — free, forever.
Reading as a habit
Streaks, goals and a neuroscience-inspired score turn reading-along into something you actually keep coming back to.
Where it runs
HushBook is coming to iOS and Android, launching together. The fastest way to hear about it is to join the waitlist — we'll email you the moment it's ready.
Say hello. Feedback, bug reports and book requests are all welcome — email hello@hushbook.app. (Placeholder address for this prototype.)