alder

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   by alder 3mo ago

   Simplified/Traditional support is now deployed. Really glad you like it, thanks!
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   by alder 3mo ago

   I deployed a new release with a Simplified/Traditional switch at the top of the workspace. Thanks for the OpenCC link. Please let me know if anything's off.
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   by alder 3mo ago

   There's a related feature already. The mic icon in the gap control plays the chunk, records you, and plays it back (the recording stays local). But if you mean a tool that automatically grades your pronunciation, I never thought about
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   by alder 3mo ago

   Yes, you're right, public speaking is not really my thing. I'm a tech nerd. I should probably rely on partnerships with other people to help it grow. But the first thing I wanted to find out was if the app is actually useful to an
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   by alder 3mo ago

   Thanks so much for testing Japanese! I'll review the starter deck and what goes into it. At the moment it's a bit random, and the nonsensical LibriVox intro spills in. I'll also try to filter out the function words. I have no
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   by alder 3mo ago

   Thanks! As far as I understand your idea is to starts from the word and pulls examples from some huge data source. My approach is the other way round: I start from a source (the audio that you want to learn), and the tool extracts only the
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   by alder 3mo ago

   Thanks, really useful extension link. Proper traditional support probably needs a context aware layer, not a plain lookup. I will experiment with additional LLM enrichment. Appreciate you digging into this!
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   by alder 3mo ago

   Thanks, just to clarify "they" is actually only me :) I'm a contractor and run this through my own company. I try to collect as little as possible. And you're right about the UI fonts it's clearly something I need t
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   by alder 3mo ago

   No TTS at all in my app :) that was a deliberate choice, only STT. I experimented with many STT options, even self hosting Whisper, but ended up with Soniox. A bit expensive, but reliable. For the AI enrichment I went with Gemini Flash. I a
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    by alder 3mo ago

    Thanks, I hope it will be helpful! If anything looks off, please let me know.
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    by alder 3mo ago

    Yes, the transcriber API I use (Soniox) actually supports more than 60 languages. I just didn't have any automated testing for them. The way I tested was to find audio with a reliable reference transcription and put it through my pipel
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    by alder 3mo ago

    For segmentation and POS I rely on spaCy zh_core_web_sm, pinyin from pypinyin library. Also the small correction level on top. But I am not a Chinese language expert to judge if it really works and I'll rely on feedback from the users
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    by alder 3mo ago

    Thanks! Yes, it's getting better for Greek but still not on par with other languages. I completed the only 2 Greek levels on Duolingo and they are really boring compared to the German one I am doing now. Easy Greek is a bit above my le
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    by alder 3mo ago

    Thanks! Chinese and Japanese as source languages are still experimental, I did my best to support them but I have to rely on people who actually know the language and this kind of feedback is really useful. I'll look into adding tradi
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    by alder 3mo ago

    To be honest I haven't tested it on a 4K monitor yet, so I am not surprised. There are two controls above the transcript that change the font size and the line spacing, which should help a bit for now. Something to fix, thanks!
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    by alder 3mo ago

    Thanks! I am glad you like it! I essentially mine the source audio, and all examples have cloze style gaps (blurring, in my case) that are revealed on the back of the card. I also beep the word in the sentence when you try to play it on the
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    Show HN: Turn native language audio into flashcards and shadowing practice(lingochunk.com)

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