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Life & fun · August 25, 2026

ReadPlusOne – Spanish stories built around the words you're learning

Hey HN, Over the past 6 months, I've been working on a Spanish language learning app that generates stories for you with your target words. For the last 2, I've been reading with it most mornings and it's really helped me grow my vocab. It generates short stories built around your target words you are learning, and uses vocabulary you already know for the majority of the story (around 95%). As you read along you click any word you don't know and it puts them into a spaced repetition system (SRS) to appear in future generated stories. It does need an account to work. I have a short…

ReadPlusOne – Spanish stories built around the words you're learning launched on August 25, 2026 with 5 votes, #1,809 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Practice Spanish with short stories matched to the vocabulary you know. Mark unfamiliar words and meet them again when they are due for review.

For learners with at least an advanced-beginner (A2) level of Spanish. Sofía llega al mercado cuando el sol todavía brilla. Quiere comprar frutas para hacer una ensalada fresca. Saluda al vendedor, Don Pedro, que siempre tiene una sonrisa. Él le recomienda mangos dulces y jugosos. Sofía mira los colores brillantes de las frutas. Nota un pequeño detalle : el aroma de las fresas frescas que llena la cesta junto a la entrada. These fixed A2 and B1 samples include vocabulary notes and comprehension questions. Stories inside the app go further by adapting to you. Stories use the words you already know, so reading feels easy and enjoyable. A few new words appear naturally, with helpful clues…from readplusone.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, Over the past 6 months, I've been working on a Spanish language learning app that generates stories for you with your target words. For the last 2, I've been reading with it most mornings and it's really helped me grow my vocab. It generates short stories built around your target words you are learning, and…

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