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Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by rootsudo » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 8:47 PM UTC

And here I Was doing it the old fashioned way, this is cool.

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by tosh » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 8:51 PM UTC

asztal wrote: post #40

tosh wrote: post #4

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@ language learning: I wish there was a way to watch movies in various vocabulary difficulty levels. Would be awesome for learning. Makes me wonder whether there are fan-dubs with different wordings.

Kindle has this in eBooks, for English and Chinese. There's 3 or 4 difficulty levels. I'm just hoping they'll add more languages. (Or that there will be a free software solution...)

wow, did not know, thanks for the pointer

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by aidenn0 » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 8:57 PM UTC

A friend of mine learned english this way with TV and closed-captioning. He said that without the CCs, he often couldn't figure out how the word was spelled sufficiently to look it up, no matter how clearly he heard it.

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by dpflug » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

adrianmonk wrote: post #16

cormacrelf wrote: post #7

It would be cool (but super niche) to have a "wait, what was that" button in Netflix. Skip back 10s, enable subs. Would be great when you're trying not to use the subtitles, but sometimes get a bit outpaced. Edit: maybe not so niche! Someone build a WebExtension!

I'd love this. I think it's an overlooked use case but a common one. Happens to me all the time. The closed captioning settings on a Roku player hint at something like that, but I'm not sure I've actually seen it work. Instead of just off and on, they have 4 settings: Off, On always, On replay, and On mute. (More details: https://support.roku.com/article/208756848-how-to-enable-clo... ) Another possible variation on…

This does, indeed, work on Roku. My MIL's Roku TV doesn't support it, but our Roku Premiere+ does. It's one of my favorite features.

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by psalminen » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 9:26 PM UTC

abductee_hg wrote: post #49

Had the same idea a while ago - only with "watching a series that you know already by heart". Unfortunately I soon found out that there is no spanish version of Start Trek TNG on Netflix/Amzn Prime. ( but I _so_ wanted to see Patrick Steward yelling "Señor Worf!" )

I think Patrick Stewart saying 'hazlo así' or 'make it so' would've been brilliant.

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by meruru » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 9:49 PM UTC

ORioN63 wrote: post #45

knubie wrote: post #33

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Mpv [0] has this as well (plus many more possibilities (including scripting/plugins)). [0]: https://mpv.io/manual/master/

Took me a while to find the lines, so here's the magic: # ~/.config/mpv/input.conf (lines 20-22) LEFT sub_seek -1 RIGHT sub_seek 1

Thanks! This is something I've wanted before.

Edit: sub_step is also great to adjust subtitle delay instead.

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by jlrubin » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 10:08 PM UTC

Would be cool to see more up front in the privacy policies/terms in conditions (or, source even) to get assurances that an app that can access all my browsing data is only doing so when I actively enable it (e.g., for the video I'm watching).

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by levpopov » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 10:08 PM UTC

nategri wrote: post #13

Anyone know of a "reader" app for books that does something similar? (Totally getting this though---I might not be sold on the Netflix stuff but in general this plugin seems invaluable to me at this point in my Russian skills).

Check out https://www.getflowlingo.com - you can upload any epub and get translations when necessary to help you practice with a book.

Disclosure: I'm one of the app developers. Let me know what you think :)

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by imranq » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

What if Mate kept track of the vocab you learned and as you browsed the internet, replaced English words in articles with that vocab

Re: Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

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Post by dergachev » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 10:15 PM UTC

Many years ago, I created BabelFrog, a chrome extension to to instantly displaying the translation for any highlighted text. Unlike other similar extensions, I don't have access to your pages until it's activated, slowing down your browsing or risk your privacy.

It's activated with a keyboard shortcut: Cmd-E or Ctrl-E.

https://babelfrog.com