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I'm planning to test German, which also has big differences in language structure. I expect the app still works well for reinforcing vocabulary, but less well for demonstrating gra…

You can upload an ePub file within the app.

I'll actually expand on this, because I think it gets at an interesting point, and at a fundamental 'bet' I'm making. The approach I use should work if there are sufficient 'scalea…

It's not primarily rules based as that would be impossible to scale. Where rules are helpful is to provide principles for when a longer or shorter phrase is chosen. Optimising the …

Not currently, but it's definitely something I want to add soon.

I'll look to make it available in more regions soon. I just need to check the copyright limitations for the eBooks made available in the app.

Thanks for the feedback. This is something that will improve over time - as it gets better at identifying longer phrases I can implement rules so it won't omit a neighbouring noun …

Something I'd love to look at longer-term. I think an overlay onto the real world that slowly immersed you in a new language would be a really powerful way to learn.

Many thanks for all of the positive feedback today, lots of good ideas for me to get working on; what a great community! Side-note: A few eBooks are causing errors on the backend t…

I'll take a look. I think there were a couple of features that required 17.0+, but I may be able to solve with an earlier version.

Thanks, I'll take a look!

Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback! Whilst there are some, often amusing, quirks with the LLM based explanations, I agree that the utility of the app is much higher with them.

Because I'm making public domain books available within the app (from Project Gutenburg), I have to limit the territories it is launched in, as some countries may have copyright li…

Thanks for the feedback, very helpful! I'll look to fix the first tomorrow, and add the rest to my list.

Definitely an idea on the roadmap. I know most people do most of their reading in a browser and not eBooks. I'll see how easy it is. I get palpitations thinking about developing on…

Some apps rely upon ongoing LLM API calls for their core functionality. Some require a lot of human editorial work up front. i.e. either high variable cost or high fixed cost econo…

Thanks for the feedback! 1. I would love to get it to work all the way from a few translations in the target language to a full translation, with a sliding scale in between. 2. It'…

Thanks for the feedback! I'll look at adding those.

The app doesn't do anything to remove DRM, so it'll only work with DRM-free files.

I agree - the dream would be to bridge from beginner level vocabulary all the way to a full translation in the target language. The limitation now is getting consistently high accu…

English eBooks, with French, Italian and Spanish as the target languages to learn. I will also start looking at integrating German.

Thanks for the feedback! Admittedly the practice feature needs a bit more work. Helpful to know the issues you are experiencing.

It gets automatically deleted after 24 hours.

A few people have raised this. I'll take a look. Unfortunately the App isn't available in all locations.