Trellis

Trellis is an AI-powered reading and learning companion that lets users interact with their books and documents through Celeste, an AI tutor and reading assistant. It supports reading aloud with AI narration, listening to any file, and conversing about what you’re reading. Trellis aims to make reading more engaging and personalized, enabling conversations with the material and sharing insights with friends. Premium access is available for advanced AI narrators and the GPT-4 powered tutor experience.

How Trellis Works

• An AI companion reads and discusses your reading material with you, offering instant, useful answers about a single file, a collection, or your entire library.
• Celeste can provide state-of-the-art audio versions of documents, with customizable removal of footnotes, table of contents, and marginalia for an immersive listening experience.
• You can upload documents from various sources (computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) and read formats like PDFs and ePubs across web, mobile, and tablet.
• Trellis emphasizes social learning by letting you highlight, annotate, and ask questions on the go, and by sharing your reading log and notes with friends.

Key Use Cases

• Personal reading companion who can answer questions and summarize content
• AI tutor-assisted study with rapid, contextual help
• Collaborative reading where you share insights with peers
• Accessible, hands-free reading with voice-first interactions

How to Use Trellis

1. Get started and choose your plan (free access with basic features or paid access for premium AI narrators and GPT-4 powered tutoring).
2. Upload a file or connect a library source (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).
3. Start a conversation with Celeste about your reading, listen to audio versions, and highlight or annotate as you go.
4. Share your reading log and notes with friends to read and learn together.

Features

• AI reading & learning companion named Celeste
• Instant answers and conversations about a single file, collection, or entire library
• State-of-the-art audio narration with customizable formatting removal (footnotes, TOC, marginalia)
• Mobile app with invite-only beta for audio features
• Unified reading across PDFs, ePUBs, and other text formats on web, mobile, and tablet
• Highlighting, annotation, and question-asking in real time
• Shareable reading logs and notes for collaborative learning
• Paid premium options for AI narrators and GPT-4 based tutoring