A Library on Wheels initiative
A free bilingual reading companion that brings any book to life in English and Kannada — built for India's children, classrooms, and communities.
"A reading companion for every child — wherever they are."
What it does
AI voices read aloud with live sentence highlighting. Switch languages at any moment.
Speaks each word and waits for the child to repeat it. Microphone checks pronunciation.
Difficult words underlined by grade level. One tap for definition and Kannada translation.
Photograph a physical page. OCR reads it and makes it fully interactive.
AI-generated questions that adapt to the child's performance in real time.
Built for the child with no bookshelf. For the classroom with one device. For India.
Read our story →The product
Every feature was built around one question: what does a child in rural Karnataka actually need to become a confident reader in both languages?
Try it nowNatural voices read sentence by sentence with live highlighting. Switch English–Kannada at any moment. Tap any sentence to seek directly to it.
The app speaks one word and waits for the child to repeat it. The microphone gives instant feedback. Works in both languages.
Difficult words are underlined automatically, calibrated to the reader's grade level. One tap reveals a friendly definition and the Kannada equivalent.
Literal, inferential, and reflective questions distributed through the passage — frequency and difficulty adapt in real time to the child's answers.
No digital copy needed. Photograph any physical book page. OCR reads it, Claude cleans the noise, and within seconds it's an interactive session.
No book at hand? Katheya generates grade-calibrated stories on demand — from playful K–2 adventures to adult essays — immediately ready to read.
How it works
Photograph a page or paste text. Multiple pages become a navigable chapter.
Choose from K–2 to Adult. Vocabulary and question difficulty calibrate automatically.
Story Mode for listening. Word by Word for speaking practice. Switch freely.
Tap words for definitions. Answer questions. Move page by page through any book.