ScriptTap Reader
An immersive reader for Japanese and Chinese learners that turns any article, manga page, or social post into a tappable vocabulary lesson, with words you look up automatically fed into a spaced-repetition deck.
Intermediate Japanese and Chinese learners building real reading fluency outside textbooks
- Tap any character, word, or phrase for definition, pronunciation, and example sentences
- Spaced-repetition flashcard queue built from words you actually looked up while reading
- Native sources curated by JLPT and HSK level including NHK Easy News, Asahi, Xinhua, and Bilibili captions
- Listening mode with native TTS and adjustable playback speed plus a karaoke-style highlight
Toku Reader trending on Product Hunt validates strong demand for tap-to-translate native readers, and the spaced-repetition tie-in is what separates a memorable app from a novelty.
Strong validation: Toku Reader (the cited inspiration) is live on Product Hunt, the Japan Foundation runs recurring global surveys on Japanese learning demand, and SRS apps (Mochi, Anki, HSKLord) are publishing 2026 ranking lists — proving an active buyer pool.Toku Reader Competitors & Alternatives (2026) | Product Hunt ↗7 Best Spaced Repetition Apps in 2026 (Tested & Ranked) ↗
Crowded: Toku Reader, Readman, Reader Alive, Mochi (which already bundles dictionaries + translation + SRS in one app), and Anki plugins all address the same tap-to-define or vocab-collection flow. The 'auto-feed to SRS' angle is already partly handled by Anki integrations and Mochi's built-in dictionary.Toku Reader Competitors & Alternatives (2026) | Product Hunt ↗Mochi - Spaced repetition flashcards ↗
Language learners do pay (Toku, LingQ-tier, Mochi subscriptions), but the core function overlaps with free tools (Anki + Yomichan/Rikaichan browser extensions), capping realistic willingness to pay in the $5-10/mo range and squeezing ARPU.Toku Reader Competitors & Alternatives (2026) | Product Hunt ↗Mochi - Spaced repetition flashcards ↗
Intermediate-to-advanced reading practice is a multi-year journey for each learner (7,200 words/week goals documented in research), so the underlying need is durable and unlikely to be displaced by short-term AI shifts in translation.Japanese extensive reading: Reading goals and learner perceptions ↗
Non-trivial: requires OCR + stable tap-overlay on arbitrary web/manga content, robust JP/CN tokenization, and a reliable sync into multiple SRS decks (Anki/Mochi APIs); the integration surface across formats (articles, manga, social) is the hard part, not the AI.