Chapters and Rich Formatting

Based on your feedback, Readlang has become a fully fledged eReader with the addition of chapter navigation, as well as bold and italics:

Chapter navigation

Quickly jump to any chapter with the navigation bar at the top of the reader page:

Add chapters and formatting to your texts

When editing plain text on the Upload Page or reader sidebar you can add special symbols (borrowed from Markdown) to mean the following:

Chapters

Add ‘#’ or ‘##’ to the start of a line to make it a chapter or sub-chapter heading respectively:

A main chapter can be created by starting a line with ‘#’:

# This a chapter title

A sub-chapter can be created by starting a line with ‘##’:

## This is a sub-chapter title

Bold and italics

To add italic to text, enclose it within ‘_’ or ‘*’.

I _love_ chocolate.

… will become this:

I love chocolate.

To make text bold, enclose it within ‘__’ or ‘**’. For example:

I **really** love cookies.

… will become this:

I really love cookies.

NOTE: one slight issue with the bold and italic formatting at the moment is that phrase translation won’t be able to span the boundary between italic and non-italic text.

EPub import

The easiest way to load a fully formatted book into Readlang is to upload a DRM-free ePub. Simply visit the Upload Page, and click Choose File. You can now enjoy Readlang’s acclaimed reading aids for language learners, from a fully featured eReader.

PS: To encourage other Readlang improvements, please add your own ideas or vote on suggestions at the feedback forum.