Words light up
Synchronized highlighting follows narration so children can see where the reader is on the page.
Listen and follow together
Read-along stories that keep children inside the page
Pair a personalized story with narration and synchronized highlighting so children can listen, follow the words, and return to the page at their own pace.
Free to try. No credit card required.
Made for shared story time
Narration that supports the story instead of replacing it
TaleLumi's story player combines spoken narration with on-screen text. As the audio progresses, the current words are highlighted to help a child keep their place while listening.
Parents choose the narrator and remain in control of playback. Stories can be paused, resumed, replayed, and followed at a comfortable text size. Bedtime mode and large-text reading provide quieter alternatives for different routines and screens.
Read-along works especially well when a child already cares about the story. Personal interests, familiar names, and continuing chapters give them a reason to stay curious about what the next sentence says.
Why it works
Personal enough to matter, simple enough for tonight
Parent-approved voices
Parents choose among narrators that have been tested and approved before appearing in the TaleLumi library.
Comfortable reading modes
Use large text, bedtime mode, playback controls, and adjustable narration speed for the moment you are in.
A read-along story example
Ari and the Library of Little Echoes
Ari opened the smallest book in the library and heard a tiny hello. The word glowed as the voice floated from the page.
Each sentence became a stepping-stone. Ari listened, followed, and read the last few words aloud before the book could say them.
At the final page, the library whispered, Come back tomorrow. Ari smiled. Tomorrow, there would be another chapter to follow.
Every complete TaleLumi story is newly created from the choices a parent makes.
Built around real routines
More ways to spend time with a story
Listen together
Let a narrator carry the story while parent and child stay present with the same page.
Follow unfamiliar words
Use synchronized highlighting to make it easier to keep a visual place in the sentence.
Return independently
Replay a saved favorite while preserving the same text, artwork, narrator, and chapter order.
Wonder, written around them
Turn what your child loves today into tonight's story.
Create one story now, then continue the adventure as a connected book tomorrow.
Questions from parents
A little more clarity
What is a read-along story?
A read-along story combines visible text with spoken narration. TaleLumi highlights the current words as the audio progresses.
Can parents control the audio?
Yes. The shared player includes play, pause, resume, replay, seeking, speed, and story-switching controls.
Can I make the story text larger?
Yes. TaleLumi includes a large-text reading option and layouts designed for phones, tablets, and family computers.
Does read-along teach reading?
TaleLumi can support shared reading and word tracking, but it is not a substitute for a structured literacy program, teacher, or reading specialist.