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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

#62

Post by f00zz »

__jambo wrote: post #57

This is interesting, but it's a tech solution that decreases person-to-person contact which is bad because isolation breeds hatred and anxiety. Just go talk to someone, there are so many people who want to do language exchanges. The problem with language learning is usually consistency and engagement/interest, you don't need tech. This app is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and that creates more problems.…

What? This is a conversation partner that's available 24/7, this is the dream app for any language learner.

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

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Post by Hadjimina »

tmikaeld wrote: post #55
Hadjimina wrote: post #50

I am literally sitting on the floor at the train station trying to fix the mic/loading bug, so bear with me here .

Hint: Works if adblockers are disabled.

yeah I think, it's a problem with mixpanel...but only on Firefox for some reason .

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

#64

Post by heliodor »

Hadjimina wrote: post #63
tmikaeld wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hint: Works if adblockers are disabled.

yeah I think, it's a problem with mixpanel...but only on Firefox for some reason .

Mic button shows a spinner in Chrome on Android.

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

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Post by iknownothow »

f00zz wrote: post #62
__jambo wrote: post #57

This is interesting, but it's a tech solution that decreases person-to-person contact which is bad because isolation breeds hatred and anxiety. Just go talk to someone, there are so many people who want to do language exchanges. The problem with language learning is usually consistency and engagement/interest, you don't need tech. This app is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and that creates more problems.…

What? This is a conversation partner that's available 24/7, this is the dream app for any language learner.

Seconded, I want to speak openly without fear of judgement first with the AI so when I do speak to real people I'm much more confident. I know people who are confident/shameless (a positive trait in this case) who don't mind making mistakes when speaking to real people but that's not me.

My only concern is how "correct" the tool or the AI is.

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

#66

Post by probably_wrong »

werdnapk wrote: post #21

Loading screen doesn't go away in Firefox after choosing a language.

Same. My Firefox console has a bunch of errors about a Same-Origin/CORS issue.

Edit: same issue in Chrome:

Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/nextjs-yak.appsp...' from origin 'https://talk.quazel.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

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

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Post by jalino23 »

__jambo wrote: post #57

This is interesting, but it's a tech solution that decreases person-to-person contact which is bad because isolation breeds hatred and anxiety. Just go talk to someone, there are so many people who want to do language exchanges. The problem with language learning is usually consistency and engagement/interest, you don't need tech. This app is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and that creates more problems.…

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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 squaredot »

__jambo wrote: post #57

This is interesting, but it's a tech solution that decreases person-to-person contact which is bad because isolation breeds hatred and anxiety. Just go talk to someone, there are so many people who want to do language exchanges. The problem with language learning is usually consistency and engagement/interest, you don't need tech. This app is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and that creates more problems.…

Another problem with language exchanges is that for every two hours invested you get only one benefit, the one in the foreign language. When you have a tool like this, getting started is much easier because you are not dependent on another person's commitment. I find this tool very interesting.
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