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Show HN: Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI

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Re: Show HN: Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI

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Post by scrollaway »

Hey this is a cool idea. I tried it with Russian -- on Chrome at least, nothing works with my mic (but the mic permission worked, it just doesn't "listen" or show feedback when I speak).

Hey, hit me up by email (see my profile), I'd love to talk to you and help out with anything you might need. Languages are one of my passions; I'm a polyglot (fr/el/sv/ru/en) and have a lot of opinions on language learning and teaching.

Re: Show HN: Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI

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Post by Hadjimina »

Tade0 wrote: post #11

From the FAQ: > It might, however, also be that the conversation partner is feeling uncomfortable talking about certain things. Does this mean that users talk to actual people or am I not understanding this correctly?

So in the background we are checking if the stuff you are talking about is "risky". If that is detected, the conversation partner will just answer with something like "hmmm I don't feel comfortable talking about that" to keep it all in safe territory.

Re: Show HN: Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI

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Post by Hadjimina »

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #19

Very cool idea, but doesn't it have a level adjustment? For example, I'm learning Chinese but my level is quite basic at the moment, it would be cool if the bot could adapt its vocabulary.

Yep, this is a highly requested feature..but as you can imagine a bit tricky. We are working on it. However, I am using it for Greek and I'm on an early A2 level...so I think if you are at that point you can probably get pretty far by using the hints and translator.
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