Show HN: Storybooks – AI-generated bedtime stories for kids

[morsch]

The two featured stories I read were both awful. Bland. Cheesy. Nonsensical. Saccharine.

The non-sequitur, occasionally AI-nightmarish illustrations might serve as brief entertainment for a small child.

https://www.storybooks.app/story/IHQRqYMbMg

https://www.storybooks.app/story/exTtJbeDIV

[footy]

I agree with you, I read the one about the bear and to be honest I find this quite disrespectful to children.

These are, at best, the Uncanny Valley of bedtime stories.

[ovisource]

Neat product!

Small tip for your website, you might want to compress your pngs as they take quite a bit of time to appear for slow internet connections. There's quite a few lossless compression tools out there that you can use :)

[awormuth]

good call, thanks for the suggestion!

[gumballindie]

Suppose this was “trained” using copyrighted work?

[awormuth]

I use ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion, and try to avoid gray areas where possible. In general, this is a problem the entire developer ecosystem faces. I do hope there is more clarity on this issue in the future.

[darrenwestall]

It would be cool to get a different story emailed to me each night just before the kids bed time (7pm).

[awormuth]

That's a great idea! I'll work on adding this ASAP. Would you prefer just a reminder with a daily curated story? Or something that's personalized based on your child's interest?

[crobertsbmw]

Ui needs some help on mobile. A lot of the text is overlapping.

[awormuth]

Thanks for the feedback. It seems mobile is popular at bedtime, so definitely something to improve!

[plygrnd]

Site appears to be down.

[awormuth]

i'll keep an eye on it!