FacetShelf

FacetShelf is presented as an e-book reader and multilingual reading platform. According to the page, it can translate books in many languages into another language, either sentence-by-sentence as you read or for the whole book, and offers bilingual reading in two parallel columns. It also provides an AI-assisted reading system that uses large language models to answer questions based on a search of a book's content, with answers showing anchors to the original text that users can jump to for verification. The site describes itself as being in open beta, noting that the service and data may change. The page recommends viewing it in a computer browser.

Key features

• Translation of books from many languages into another language
• Translate along as you read
• Whole-book translation
• Bilingual reading in two parallel columns
• AI-assisted question answering based on search of book content
• Answers with anchors to original text for verification

Best suited for

• Readers who want to read books in a second language
• Readers who prefer side-by-side bilingual reading
• Users who want AI answers about a book's content with source references

Pricing

Not stated on the website