User Manual

Getting Started

Create an account

1. Open the app and tap Sign Up
2. Enter your email and choose a password
3. Pick a nickname (you can change it later in settings)
4. Accept the terms of service

Sign in

If you already have an account, tap Sign In and enter your credentials. Check “Remember me” to stay logged in.

Import a book

1. In the Library tab, tap the Import button
2. Select an .epub or .eread file from your phone
3. The app automatically analyzes the content (may take a few minutes for long novels)
4. Your book appears in your library with its cover

The Library

Your books

Your library displays your books in a grid with:

• The book cover
• A pepper badge 🌶️ (1 to 5) indicating the smut level
• Your reading progress as a percentage
• A NEW badge for unopened books, READ for completed ones

The catalogue

The Catalogue tab lets you browse books available on Ember Read. Covers scroll one at a time (horizontal swipe). You can filter by pairing (FM, FF/Sapphic, MM/Gay, MFM) and by availability.

The catalogue with pairing filters

Sort and filter

The library with filters, badges and progress

Actions

The Reader

Text flows in continuous vertical scroll. Your progress is saved automatically.

The reader with floating buttons (OFF, Auto, Menu, Manual)

Open the menu

Top bar

Bottom bar

• Intensity slider: adjusts vibration power (visible in immersion mode)
• Progress bar: your position in the book, with the colored heatmap

Text settings

Tap the Aa icon in the top right to open the customization panel with 4 tabs:

Customization panel (Font, Layout, Themes, More)

Floating buttons

At the bottom of the screen, a button bar gives you access to the modes:

Auto-scroll

Auto-scroll mode scrolls the text automatically — perfect for hands-free reading.

Auto-scroll active (speed 20, +/- buttons)

Controls

Immersion Mode

The heart of Ember Read: vibrations synchronize with the intense passages of the text you're reading.

Connect a device

1. Turn on your compatible vibrating device
2. Go to Settings > Bluetooth or tap the Bluetooth icon in the reader
3. Select your device from the list
4. Wait for the connection confirmation (green icon)

1. Bluetooth scan

2. Device connected

Activate the mode

Tap the Vibration button in the reader:

• ON (gold): vibrations follow the text intensity
• OFF: vibrations disabled

3. Vibration button OFF

4. Vibration button ON (gold)

5. Keywords highlighted by intensity

The heatmap

At the bottom of the reader, the progress bar is colored according to the emotional intensity of each passage. It gives you a preview of what's ahead:

Each color corresponds to an intensity level:

Battery indicator

When immersion mode is active, an indicator appears in the top right:

• Green: above 60%
• Orange: between 20% and 60%
• Red: below 20% — time to recharge!

Manual Mode

Tap Manual for direct control:

• Sliders: global intensity or per motor
• Quick buttons: 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%
• Patterns: Wave, Heartbeat, Pulse, Stairs, Random...
• 2D touch zone: finger control (fullscreen available)

Manual control (sliders & patterns)

2D touch zone fullscreen

Audio Mode

Makes your device vibrate to the rhythm of ambient music.

Audio modes

Modes

• Spotify Mode: full analysis (waveform, BPM, colors)
• Music bars: simplified visualization
• BPM: manual simulation with slider
• Motion: gyroscope / accelerometer

Vibration patterns

Statistics

Main dashboard

Reading charts

Detailed stats

Dashboard

• Books read: total number of completed books
• Reading time: total duration
• Streak: consecutive days of reading
• Weekly streak: consecutive weeks with at least 1 reading day

Charts

• Monthly chart: minutes per month
• Weekly heatmap: habits by day and hour
• Top 5 authors
• Pepper distribution 🌶️: breakdown by level

Reader profile

Calculated from your habits: Soft, Balanced or Passionate.

Ember Wrapped

Annual retrospective in 5 pages:

1. Your year: books, time, active days
2. Your habits: streak, favorite time
3. Your favorite author
4. Your profile: heat distribution 🌶️
5. Share: shareable summary

Shareable cards

Create stylish cards with your stats to post on social media (Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter...):

• Themed templates: multiple designs to choose from (genre, season, wrapped)
• Your key stats: books read, time, streak, favorite author
• Your nickname and your reader profile
• Avatar photo: import a photo and apply an artistic filter (duotone gold, sepia, monochrome...)

Credits and subscriptions

Each credit unlocks immersion for one book. Once unlocked, it's forever. Credits never expire.

Our plans

Purchase

• iOS: directly in the app (Apple In-App Purchase)
• Android: from the app or on emberread.com/tarifs.html

Manage your subscription

• iOS: iPhone Settings > your name > Subscriptions > Ember Read
• Android: emberread.com/compte.html

Starter Pack

Settings

The Settings tab lets you customize the entire app:

Profile & Account

Subscription & Library

Bluetooth & Help

Engine & About

Profile

• Nickname: editable (20 characters max, 1 change every 90 days — or 30 days with Pass Infini)
• Reader profile: automatically displayed based on your habits

Account

• Email address
• My devices: your account is linked to a limited number of phones (1 with credits, 2 with Pass Infini). Here you can see which phones are authorized and remove one if you switch devices.
• Sign out
• Delete account

Subscription

• iOS: Pass Infini badge or remaining credits, restore purchases
• Android: access Pass Infini, web store, refresh credits

Library

• Restore my purchases: re-downloads all Ember Read catalogue books you've unlocked with your credits (useful after changing phones or reinstalling). Your manually imported personal ePubs are not affected.
• Auto sync: when enabled, your progress, bookmarks and stats are saved online automatically. Disable if you prefer to keep your data only on your phone.

Bluetooth

• Connection status and device name
• Battery level (if available)
• Connect / Manage button

Help

• Replay introduction: restarts the onboarding tutorial shown at first launch
• Reset help bubbles: brings back the small explanatory bubbles that appear the first time you use a feature
• Contact support

Analysis engine

• Dictionary version
• Force dictionary sync

Cache

• Clear analysis engine cache

About

• App version
• Terms of service
• Privacy policy

Synchronization

Your library is synced automatically:

• Reading progress
• Bookmarks
• Statistics

Troubleshooting

Bluetooth doesn't detect my device

1. Make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your phone
2. Make sure your vibrating device is turned on and charged
3. Make sure it's not connected to another app
4. Turn Bluetooth off then back on
5. On iOS: allow Ember Read in Settings > Ember Read

Vibrations don't work

1. Check that the device is connected (green icon)
2. Check that Vibration mode is ON (gold button)
3. Check that the intensity slider is not at zero
4. Check that the book has been analyzed

Book analysis is stuck

1. Delete the book
2. Re-import it
3. Make sure you have a stable internet connection

My device's battery

• The battery indicator appears in the top right of the reader in immersion mode
• If your device stops during reading, it's probably out of charge
• Not all devices transmit their battery level

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