The first Converse is live
A book that can stay with the reader.
Converse turns a finished publication into an experience readers can pause, ask about, and return to — with the page, narration, and context still intact.
Proven in production · Audio-synced · Reader-aware · Built for the open web
The Demo
A reader doesn't need to
leave the book to learn.
An Aside pauses the narration, grounds a question in the active chapter, and returns the reader to the exact moment they left — with the conversation saved for later.
Becoming Her
A live Converse
Anya
…the swelling usually peaks around day three, love. Your body is doing exactly what it's supposed to do…
You
Wait — can I sleep on my side yet?
Anya
Not yet. Give it until your surgeon clears you — usually a few more weeks. Back elevated, pillows under your knees. I'll remind you when we get to the sleep chapter.
Try the interaction
The reader stays in the work.
This small model shows Aside inside Becoming Her. The same agent pattern can adapt to a guide, support experience, course, product, or any other conversation.
Experience the full bookBecoming Her
Chapter context · Page 34
“Recovery asks you to listen to your body, even when everyone around you has an opinion.”
Meet Aside
Your favorite know-it-all, in the conversation.
Aside is a general-use agent that helps people make sense of what's in front of them. Give Aside a voice, the right context, and a job to do. Aside asks, explains, remembers, and keeps the conversation moving. No character performance required: Aside is simply Aside.
Question → Search → Tabs → Lost context
The old way
Conversation → Aside → Understanding → Continue
The Aside way
Open Source First
Built in the open.
The runtime powering Converse is open source — because publishing should be interoperable, not locked inside one company. Build your own player. Host your own runtime. Extend the protocol. Create new experiences.
- MIT License
- Community Driven
- Self Host
- Portable Sessions
- Open Specification
Publisher Identity
Connect your HeartBadge. Unlock your Publisher Workspace.
No subscriptions to remember. Your publisher identity travels with you. HeartBadge isn't DRM — it's a creator passport.
- Conversation Studio
- Analytics
- Voice Management
- Agent Policies
- Knowledge Sources
- Team Collaboration
- Desktop Studio
- Publishing Cloud
Conversation Studio
Every question your readers ask becomes an opportunity to improve your publication.
Repeated low-confidence Asides queue as tickets. You answer once — every future reader benefits. GitHub Issues, for publications.
Becoming Her
Publisher Workspace · PWA
1,248
Readers Today
8,421
Questions
91%
Completion
12
Pending Reviews
Review Queue
- Sleeping Position143 readersNeeds review
- Flying Home84 readers63% confidence
- Massage Timing52 readersNeeds clarification
- Compression Stages41 readersSuggested Moment
Beyond Books
One runtime. Infinite publications.
- Books
- Courses
- Research
- Documentation
- Museums
- Training
- Government
- Healthcare
- Games
The Architecture
Every experience is built from open primitives.
01
Publication
The canonical authored work. Immutable.
02
Session
The reader's live experience. Position, context, memory.
03
Aside
A temporary conversational branch, anchored to position.
04
Moment
An authored conversational node readers discover.
05
Rejoin
Resume exactly where you left off, remembering what you learned.
06
Completion
The journey, exportable and owned by the reader.
Manifesto
Publishing has always been one-way. An author speaks. A reader listens.
When the reader has a question, they leave. They search. They lose context. They forget why they came. We think curiosity deserves better. We believe every publication should be able to pause, listen, respond, and continue.
We're standing on the shoulders of the pioneers of hypertext, interactive fiction, and nonlinear publishing. Our contribution is simple: make it practical, make it beautiful, make it open.
We didn't invent nonlinear publishing. We made it conversational.
Open Core
The runtime is open. Professional publishing is the business.
Community
Free forever
- Open Runtime
- Player
- Sessions
- Asides
- Moments
- Self-Hosting
- Open Specification
Publisher
HeartBadge required
- Conversation Studio
- Hosted Publishing
- Analytics
- Voice Management
- Desktop Studio
- Team Collaboration
- Review Queue
The future of publishing is conversational.
Experience the first Converse — live now at iamtaylin.com.
Becoming Her