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Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#21
I like this conceptually, as I think media immersion is a good way for an intermediate/advanced language learner to continue with their progress; however, I can't find a way to use this on my laptop. Your tagline says:

"Infinite content on mobile, tablet, desktop."

However, I only see mobile versions available as downloads. How do I use it on the desktop?

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#23

I like this conceptually, as I think media immersion is a good way for an intermediate/advanced language learner to continue with their progress; however, I can't find a way to use this on my laptop. Your tagline says: "Infinite content on mobile, tablet, desktop." However, I only see mobile versions available as downloads. How do I use it on the desktop?

You can use Flowlingo on desktop/laptop at https://reader.getflowlingo.com - the mobile apps are definitely the most polished at this point which is why we’d prefer people start there first (we send a follow up email after registration with desktop info). Feel free to message us feedback/bugs at any time (tap “Help” and scroll to the bottom). Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#24
Productive x2! Love it. For second generation immigrants and I'm sure many others, learning a new language often comes while watching foreign language films, sometimes with subtitles. This seems like a more productive way to not only learn the content but also the language.

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#25
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post #2

I'm a little confused about how this works, and the site doesn't answer my question readily. What is the source? The "Browse any website" claim implies that you're translating on the fly and then I learn by translating back to English. Is this the case?

Hey, thanks for the feedback on the site being confusing. Will update to make it more clear! All content is native content in the foreign language you are learning. Suppose you are learning Spanish - we'll show you a feed of popular news articles originally written in Spanish so you can practice by reading those. There is machine translation built in for words or sentences that you might need help with. We'll even au…

Got it! Thank you for clarifying.

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#26

I like this conceptually, as I think media immersion is a good way for an intermediate/advanced language learner to continue with their progress; however, I can't find a way to use this on my laptop. Your tagline says: "Infinite content on mobile, tablet, desktop." However, I only see mobile versions available as downloads. How do I use it on the desktop?

You can use Flowlingo on desktop/laptop at https://reader.getflowlingo.com - the mobile apps are definitely the most polished at this point which is why we’d prefer people start there first (we send a follow up email after registration with desktop info). Feel free to message us feedback/bugs at any time (tap “Help” and scroll to the bottom). Thanks!

Hi. I just tried doing that with English -> Japanese. It gave me a prompt that said that that language is only available on mobile. I wanted to go back but it would not let me -- and it takes me back there still if I refresh the page (to the original link). Oh no! :D

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#28
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No ToS, no privacy policy, no physical address, no authors' names... and it wants to roam with me inside my pocket?!?

I didn't installed it on Android, as it asks for too much permisions: why this app requires contact access, call info, etc...?

Re: Show HN: Flowlingo – practice a foreign language with tech news

#29

This is a fantastic idea. I learned Swedish as a child in a very similar fashion through watching tons of movies in english with Swedish subtitles and reading. Having this for digital media seems invaluable.

For anyone learning Swedish as an adult, consider joining the Kodapor groups on Facebook.
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