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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 rvense »

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 .

Startup life, living the dream!

You've been bookmarked, I'll be back in a few days. This looks amazing.

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

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Post by DoryMinh »

nixcraft wrote: post #33

This looks so nice. On a side note, I used Duolingo for about 7 or 8 months (I spent like 15-20 minutes) and learned a little Japanese and Portuguese (European). I think Duolingo is an enjoyable app. Then I lost interest :( I started again. Let us hope this time I will finish all levels. Any chance of getting Japanese and Portuguese (European)?

I think he has Japanese

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

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Post by swyx »

sebastiansm wrote: post #71
phpisatrash wrote: post #2

It really looks cool. But, why it doesn't have English? Or meybe if it does have, why isn't showed first? People who use language learning apps are focused in learning English most of the time. Still those who speak fluently are trying to improve their speaking and listening. And the first language which appeared for me was Brazilian Portuguese which is my mother language. [Edit] I was trying the Brazilian Portuguese…

Yeah. I been looking for a few months for services to improve my English in a cheap/free way. Until now some Discord channels have been my solution to practice conversation, but it would be nice to have this kind of service to speak anytime about any topic.

for what its worth what you just typed is completely indistinguishable from a native speaker, well done

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

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Post by DoryMinh »

bjt2n3904 wrote: post #75

Clever. But I'll never use it. AIs simply do not sound like people. They can fool me for a little while, but eventually you realize it's just a bot. But that's when I'm a native speaker. How will I be able to detect this when I struggle with the language? I can't help but think it's dangerous to give a non native speaker access to this, and lead them to believe they're learning to speak like a real person. They aren'…

who said it's going to replace human conversation? You can go to Italki and speaking to a person in any language with as little as 10$. It's a dream to all language learners to have safe practice environment. Your other arguments are the as same as those made with textbook which is rigid and "biased" by the authors.

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

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Post by detaro »

knubie wrote: post #105
detaro wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clearly the common way is more efficient than the original suggestion, given that people achieve useful fluency in a language much quicker than spending 40 hours a week for 7 years listening to it, and only then starting to consider speaking in it.

I can only assume that the OP misspoke when they said 15,000 hours. In reality, when and what you output is dependent on your “input fluency”, as opposed to some arbitrary number of hours. In other words fluency is not an on/off switch. You will develop pockets of fluency as you acquire the language, and those pockets become suitable for output.

Sure. But if their point is not "consume a gigantic amount of stuff passively before you consider speaking", I'm not sure what the difference to the conventional way is, given that "immerse yourself in the language, consume lots of native media, ..." is extremely common and widely recognized advice.
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