The comprehension layer for publishers

When readers understand, they stay.

GlassRead puts a reading-comprehension layer right on your articles — explain, translate, simplify, listen, and ask, in place. The same engine extends to your newsroom and your video. One script tag; your pages untouched.

GlassRead is the reading layer on your articles. GlassWrite, GlassWatch and GlassApp run the same engine — on your newsroom, your video, and in your readers' pocket. Click to see each.
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Meridian News · Business

Central bank holds rates, but the runoff is the real story

Markets steadied after the central bank held rates, but analysts said the quantitative tightening path remains the bigger question for bond desks heading into the spring auctions.

Officials signalled the balance-sheet runoff would continue at its current pace, trimming holdings by tens of basis points of GDP a year — a slower squeeze than outright sales, but a squeeze all the same.

Tap any highlighted term
— or try Listen, reading settings, or Story context.GlassRead remembers each reader — their level and language — and adapts the next article to them.
GlassWriteAIDraftScoreMetro desk · 11:42
Politics · Draft

City budget clears committee after late markup

By A. Reporter · unpublished draft
The council advanced the budget after a markup session, with the debt-service ratio drawing the most scrutiny. Officials said the appropriation would not affect the levy.
72
Comprehension IQ

2 issues before publish

Checks
Undefined terms
2 terms readers won't know → add a gloss
Unsourced figure
1 claim needs a source link
Reads at grade 14
Long sentence → split for clarity
Clear to publishGlassMark signed · IQ 94
GlassWatchAI
Hubble, the steadfast, has gazed into the deep…
Tap the glowing word in the caption →
GlassWatch explains it right beside the video — in any language — without pausing playback.
And it shows you where viewers get lost
31% rewatched 0:59 — a confusion spike on "Hubble." Add a caption gloss and the drop-off flattens.
Meridian News
GlassReadAI
Politics · The Narrows

Assembly backs village's festival ferry after a licensing map said no

The provincial assembly unanimously backed the community ferry. Organizers said the Coastal Transport Authority blocked it under a route-licensing rule covering the Narrows corridor.

Place
The Narrows
A strait village across the water from Alderport — inside the Kingsport terminal's protected licensing corridor, which is why the authority objected.
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For publishers

The same reading layer — native in your app.

GlassApp brings the GlassRead lens — explain, translate, simplify, listen, ask — into your own iOS and Android app through a drop-in mobile SDK. The support readers know from your website, now inside the app they already use. Same engine; nothing new to write.

  • Drop-in iOS & Android SDK — runs inside your existing app
  • The same lens, the same engine as your website widget
  • Your app, your masthead — GlassRead just runs inside it
  • One comprehension model + unified analytics across web and app
Web → app, one engineNo separate app for readers to install — the lens lives inside the app you already ship.
Add it to your app → iOS · Android · React Native

Meridian News is a fictional publication, used here to demonstrate the products.

Why publishers pay for it

Comprehension you can measure — and monetize.

Readers stop bouncing offWhen a hard passage explains itself in place, readers don't bounce — more time on page, more completions, more return visits.
Reach & accessibilityTranslate and read-aloud, in place — ESL and ADA coverage as a built-in, not a bolt-on.
See where they get lostPer-piece comprehension analytics: the terms readers tap, the moments they drop. Your next story, found.
Personalized to every readerAdapts the level, language, and which terms to explain to each person — and carries that across visits. Personalization, on your own site.
How it goes in

One script tag. Your pages untouched.

GlassRead rides on top of your existing site — it never rewrites your content, and readers never write a prompt. Live in an afternoon.

<script src="https://glassread.com/widget.js" data-api-key="pk_live_…" data-selector=".article-body"></script>
Publisher packages

Three outcomes from the same reading layer.

Choose how far the layer should go: make every article easier to read, connect readers to the whole story, or adapt the experience to each reader. Package names stay in this sales view — readers simply get a finished toolbar.

Depth 1 · the toolbar
Read
For publishers who want every article effortless to read.
Custom
Book a demo See Read live →
GlassReadAIListenES · Plain
Markets steadied after the bank held rates, but the quantitative tightening path is the bigger question for bond desks
  • The full reading toolbar: 6 capabilities
  • Tap-a-term cards — plain-language definitions in place
  • Translate the article body — 43 languages
  • Reading levels — simplify any passage
  • Listen — read the piece aloud, pick a voice
  • Entity cards — people, organizations & places in place
  • Matches your site — teal, paper or dark skin
<script src="…/widget.js" data-api-key="pk_live_…" data-selector=".article-body" data-tier="core">
data-tier → core
Depth 3 · + a memory
Adaptive
For publishers who want the layer to know each reader.
Custom
Book a demo See Adaptive live →
The Read experience — included
Context cards & whole-page translation — included
Knows this readerB1 · ES · 12 terms pre-explained
balance-sheet runoff — the bank letting old bonds expire instead of buying new ones.Pre-explained — this reader struggles with rate-policy terms
  • Everything in Context, plus: 21 in total
  • Per-reader comprehension profile — the layer learns each reader Anonymous, opaque reader id — no PII.
  • Adaptive glossing — pre-explains the terms this reader struggles with, across visits
  • Ask GlassRead — readers ask, answered from the article
  • Reading companion — summary, questions, a quick check & cultural notes
  • Entity relationship graph — see the people, places & institutions together
<script src="…/widget.js" data-api-key="pk_live_…" data-selector=".article-body" data-tier="premium">
data-tier → premium

Compare the packages

ReadContextAdaptive
Reading toolbar
Tap-a-term cards
Translate the article body — 43 languages
Reading levels
Listen, with voices
Entity cards — people, places & institutions
Site-matched skin (teal / paper / dark)
Cards & translation depth
Real entity photos
Rich cards (“Why it matters here”, “Stands for”, “For scale”)
Headline, kicker & byline translation
Context & discovery
Story context — back-story, perspectives, cross-check
Related articles & story clusters
Ranked read-next recommendations
Entity relationship graph
Reporting transparency
How this was reported
Where each claim came from
Editorial standards
What AI added to this page
Personalization
Per-reader comprehension profile
Adaptive glossing across visits
Reader companion
Article summary
Suggested questions
Quick comprehension check
Cultural references in context
Newsroom tools
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Every plan is one script tag, and every plan is scoped to what you publish — articles, languages, readership — never to who reads it. Tell us what you run and we'll shape the plan together.

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Tell us what you publish — we'll show GlassRead, GlassWrite, and GlassWatch running on it.

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