The complete reading ritual
From unopened file to grounded understanding.
Meanings Awake keeps the book at the center. Here is the whole process, including what uses an AI credit and how spoiler protection works.
Sign in and choose a plan
Use Sign in with ChatGPT, then choose monthly or annual access. The card-required trial lasts seven days and includes up to 10 AI credits. If you use all 10 early, AI access pauses until the paid period begins.
Add a private book
Open the reader, choose Add book, and select a DRM-free EPUB up to 100 MB. Keep the page open while the book is extracted and prepared for grounded retrieval.
Read and select a passage
Read normally, adjust the text size, and use the contents panel to move between sections. Select words or paragraphs when you want help with a specific passage.
Ask for the kind of help you need
Explain, Define, Reword, Translate, and Summarize use your selection. Ask opens a free-form question about the passage or the book as a whole.
Inspect the evidence
Numbered citations open the exact source passage used for the answer. Outside-book research, when genuinely needed, is labeled separately with links to its web sources.
Return to the exact place
Meanings Awake saves your current section, paragraph, and character offset so the next session can restore the precise reading position.
Citations and spoilers
The answer cannot read past you when spoiler-free mode is on.
The spoiler boundary is enforced on the server, not merely hidden in the interface. Retrieval stays at or before your reading position. Citations let you audit which passages supported the answer without revealing later material.
Turn spoiler-free mode off only when you intentionally want the entire book to be eligible as evidence.
Uses one AI credit
- Explain a selection
- Define a word in context
- Reword or translate a selection
- Summarize selected text
- Ask a custom Tutor question
- Outside-book research, when needed, is included in the same credit
Does not use an AI credit
- Uploading and preparing a book
- Reading or changing sections
- Opening a citation
- Changing text size or language controls
- Restoring your reading position
A few practical notes
Only upload DRM-free EPUB books you are entitled to use. During the trial you may keep one private book; paid membership currently allows up to 20. Paid membership includes 40 AI credits per monthly usage period, including for annual members.
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