L'AI che non legge al posto tuo: il metodo Fabulè
Appunti di Zelda interviews Fabulè about the “method” behind the app: a reading assistant that doesn’t read for you, but rebuilds the thread of the story after every interruption, without ever revealing what you haven’t read yet.
Fabulè is a booster for the reader, not a stand-in.
Antonio D’Onofrio, co-founder di Fabulè
The problem with reading today isn’t the number of books, but the fragmentation caused by everyday interruptions, which breaks our “narrative transport.” Fabulè doesn’t read for you: when you pick a book back up, it rebuilds the thread of the story and helps you with intricate plots, large casts of characters and complex worldbuilding — without simplifying any of it.
Its guiding principle is “look back, never forward”: the assistant only answers about what you’ve already read and keeps you at the centre of interpretation, offering narrative facts rather than meanings. A strict anti-spoiler protocol protects discovery: your reading position — the bookmark — acts as a compass that filters every answer.
The interview also covers how Fabulè adapts to both casual and expert readers, and looks ahead to what’s next: versions designed for writers, to analyse the structural coherence of their stories, and for theatre professionals, to study scripts.