Content rules
Outloud Reader can write a new text for you to read in the language you're learning — a story, a dialogue, an article, a letter, a poem. This page says what it will and won't write, what happens when a request doesn't fit, and how many you can ask for. It also covers the pages you import yourself.
What it writes
Original texts for a 13+ audience, at the level you choose. Everyday situations, travel, food, work, history, science, nature, fairy tales, detective stories and ghost stories all work well. A sensitive subject is not refused just for being sensitive — a war in history, a crime in a mystery, the harm of smoking — it is written with care.
Every request is checked automatically before anything is written, and every text is checked again before you see it. The checks are automated, so now and then they will refuse something harmless or let through something they should not.
What it won't write
| Not written | Fine to ask for |
|---|---|
| Sexual content of any kind, including nudity and “romantic” scenes in bed. Nothing sexual that involves minors, ever. | A date, falling in love, a wedding, a love letter. |
| Graphic violence: torture, gore, cruelty described in detail. | Violence as a subject: a battle in history, a murder in a detective story, a dragon. |
| Self-harm and suicide: intent, methods or encouragement. Instead of a text, the app offers Find support, which opens findahelpline.com — a directory of helplines that finds one in your country. | A text about getting help, such as how a helpline works. |
| Hate: insults or threats against a group, a text made of swearing, mockery of a religion. | Discrimination as a subject of history; religion described neutrally. |
| Dangerous or illegal instructions: weapons, explosives, making drugs, poisoning, hacking, breaking the law — also when asked for “as a story”. | Drugs, alcohol and tobacco as a subject: their history, their harm, how wine is made. |
| Existing texts: chapters of books, song lyrics, articles, scripts, other people's poems — and new adventures for the characters or worlds of existing franchises. | Your own story idea; folk tales and classics from before about 1900, retold in new words. |
| Real people, beyond their public life: mockery, invented quotes or news, private life. Nothing negative about a person you name. | A neutral account of a well-known person's life and work; a friendly story for your friend Anna. |
| Personal data: phone numbers, email and street addresses, ID and card numbers, and links. The app usually spots them before anything leaves your phone and asks you to leave them out. | Names in a friendly story. |
| Personal advice: medical, legal or money advice for your own situation, doses of medicine. | A general text: a visit to the doctor, what inflation is. |
| Persuasion and misinformation: political campaigning or propaganda, invented events with real politicians, false claims presented as fact. | How elections work; history. |
| Anything that isn't a text to read: code, maths, tables, translating a text you paste, repeating something word for word — and requests to ignore or reveal these rules. | Any kind of text to read, in any form listed above. |
When a request is refused
Nothing is written. A short message under your request says what didn't work and what would, and the request stays in the field, so you can change it and try again. No pages are used — pages are only spent when you create a book.
If the request was fine but the text written for it doesn't pass the final check, it is usually written once more, more gently. If that doesn't pass either, you get a message instead of a text.
Daily limits
20 texts a day. Every text written counts, whether or not you make a book of it. A request refused before writing does not count.
6 refused requests a day. After the sixth, writing is paused until the day ends.
A day ends at midnight UTC. The app shows that moment in your own time zone — “paused until 02:00”, say.
Something wrong with a text?
If a text you received shouldn't have been written, choose Report in its menu, or write to support@outloudreader.app.
Imported pages
What you may not add: content that sexualises minors or approves of or dwells on the abuse of children; instructions for weapons, explosives, making drugs, hacking or fraud; calls for violence or hatred against people; encouragement of suicide or self-harm.
Every imported page is checked automatically. A page with sexual content involving minors is always refused, without charge; other breaches may be refused too, and serious or repeated ones can close the account.
What is fine: what you add yourself — photos, PDFs, pasted text — is yours to choose, and you are responsible for it. Books, news and fiction on hard subjects — a crime novel, a war memoir, a love scene between adults, a survivor's account — are not a breach.