See Zen Reader properly
A full walkthrough of the app, about fifteen minutes — what you set up, what your child does, and what you get back in English.
The full walkthrough
About fifteen minutes, start to finish. If you only have a couple of minutes, the quick start guide covers the first steps in writing instead.
The walkthrough is being filmed
It isn’t published yet. In the meantime the quick start guide walks through the same ground in writing, and the help guides cover each screen in detail.
Everything below describes what the walkthrough will cover.
What it covers
Topics, in the order the walkthrough works through them. These are deliberately written without timestamps — real chapter times go in once the video is cut.
- Who Zen Reader is forWhy it exists: helping with Chinese homework when you can’t read Chinese yourself, and what the app does and doesn’t decide for you.
- Setting up your familyIndividual or Family, adding members, the roles — Family Manager, parent, reader, and linking a school or tuition teacher.
- Adding a bookImporting a PDF, scanning a paper book with the camera, and how the app reads each page and adds pinyin and an English translation.
- Checking a reading aloudYour child reads a page; the app listens, scores every character, and flags the tones. What the marks mean and how to re-record.
- Word lists and flash cardsBuilding the week’s list, the card game and the family leaderboard.
- Spelling lists (听写)Write, say-and-repeat and dictation-test practice, and how a photo of your child’s handwriting gets marked.
- Worksheet helpThe homework tutor: photographing a worksheet, and choosing how much it may reveal — hints only, hints then answer, or explain the concept.
- Reading reports and progressThe per-page report in English, reading levels, trends and badges — and what to actually do with them.
- Across your devicesOne family library on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, and what works offline.
After watching
Every plan starts with a free 14-day trial.