tale.fyi
Online reading service in Books
Recommended as a home for fiction that people find engaging, with audio. The most common caveat is that audio is hard to start and autoplays unexpectedly.
Recommended as a home for fiction that people find engaging, with audio. The most common caveat is that audio is hard to start and autoplays unexpectedly.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Engaging enough to get hooked
“I'm going to immensely enjoy this app”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “didn't expect to be so hooked”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” Appealing concept and presentation
“found the audio a bit monotonous tbh, but love the overall idea!”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “i think it's really cool? let me know”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “This looks lovely, thank you.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Audio hard to start or autoplays
“I couldn't work out how to begin audio - it didn't autoplay in Arc”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “I couldn't work out how to begin audio”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “autoplay of noisy audio when you go to a book is awful”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” Audio feels monotonous or disconnected
“There was a disconnect between my eyes and ears and it felt off.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction” “found the audio a bit monotonous tbh, but love the overall idea!”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction”
What people said
18 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“found the audio a bit monotonous tbh, but love the overall idea!”
“didn't expect to be so hooked”
“Can confirm it has been fixed.”
“it got confused by some of the more uhh complex passages”
“I'm going to immensely enjoy this app”
“it keeps auto-rotating (to landscape mode), despite having disabled auto-rotation on my phone”
“There was a disconnect between my eyes and ears and it felt off.”
“I hate this forced email sign-in bullshit that's spreading like covid.”
“it would be nice to have a light mode option since this is unusable for me otherwise”
“Usually anything that begins with "you/we deserve" is bullshit”
“I couldn't work out how to begin audio”
“a brilliant use of compute”
“I couldn't work out how to begin audio - it didn't autoplay in Arc”
“This looks lovely, thank you.”
“moby dick didn't align properly, there's a confidence gate it didn't pass”
“autoplay of noisy audio when you go to a book is awful”
“This is great! I would love an explicit "set bookmark to here" button”
“i think it's really cool? let me know”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.