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Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

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Great idea! How did you decide on the pricing? I launched a Japanese Kanji Learning App (KanjiMaster.ai) last month, and I chose a subscription instead of a one-time payment.

Thanks! I decided on it because I think people are fed up with subscription systems and it was easy to implement. However, I made two sales (yay! first time ever) but I paid $20 today to DeepL. I might change it in the future.

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

#142
post #105

This is cool! I'm curious now: how do you transcribe the videos? And how do you align the transcript with the video (in terms of timing)? Are there libraries doing that?

I'm using AssemblyAI and Deepgram. AssemblyAI for the large languages and Deepgram for the smaller ones.

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

#144

Nice UX. News is good because it is inherently more interesting than any old video vs having to curate a bunch of interesting videos. It's also good that the videos loop—most tools that have tried to sync videos seem to never autoloop which means you have to keep manually playing it which is annoying. Some improvements: Increase the amount of exercise videos for the pro subscription—I only see three and only one new…

These are some really awesome ideas for UX, thank you!

And I agree. The value from "Pro" should be very clear. What do you think about the one-time payments? Do you think that works or should it be a subscription?

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

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I’ve been learning Spanish on Duolingo. It has brought me from zero to scoring 96% on this test – I didn’t realise I was so advanced! I love the concept and the execution. This is a rare instance of a Show HN that I not just admire, but can easily see myself using regularly and paying for. Please, please monetise this in such a way as to avoid enshittification.

Thank you! Right now it is not costing me a lot of money. So hopefully if I provide enough value and a decent price it can be a sustainable project!

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

#147
This is awesome!

My biggest request would be the ability to slow down the videos for those of us who are beginners.

“Gaps” wasn’t clear to me in the settings initially, but is obvious once you start. Maybe clarify it a little?

Otherwise I enjoyed this a lot! Nice work!

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

#149
post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aaa, you saved me, thought it's broken, but you have to drag this thing! ps. video shouldn't loop as default, it's annoying.

You didn’t even read the most basic settings that clearly say “click and drag interface” or something similar. But I still agree, tapping/clicking should work in sequential order eventually (it’s not as easy to implement). Re, looping; there are controls to turn it off. You aren’t paying attention one bit. If you’re going to say things, at least be diligent in the things you are going to address.

I also don't read all of the terms and conditions, and I feel free to get mad at unreasonable items that I discovered while using the product. Fight me.

Re: Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news

#150
I tried Japanese; the Youtube video that autoplayed had its timing slightly off so that instead of saying あたまも疲れました I only heard まも疲れました. It was pretty confusing but fortunately the answer was displayed right in the video because the video itself had its text spelled out.

https://app.fluentsubs.com/exercises/cm8v909oq00fj9x1kztl1ez...

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