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Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by resonious »

diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

Agree on reading. The one tool I feel I want is a good OCR + dictionary setup, as a quick escape hatch for physical books.

I actually cobbled together something like that using Google's OCR API for Android. Works well for me but might be too janky for release. Maybe I should release it as a good tool for upper intermediates.

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by chrisvasselli »

resonious wrote: post #11
diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

Agree on reading. The one tool I feel I want is a good OCR + dictionary setup, as a quick escape hatch for physical books. I actually cobbled together something like that using Google's OCR API for Android. Works well for me but might be too janky for release. Maybe I should release it as a good tool for upper intermediates.

If you haven't checked it out my other app Nihongo has a good OCR + dictionary setup. You can see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRxPyc9K8A

iOS-only though.

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by resonious »

chrisvasselli wrote: post #12
resonious wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree on reading. The one tool I feel I want is a good OCR + dictionary setup, as a quick escape hatch for physical books. I actually cobbled together something like that using Google's OCR API for Android. Works well for me but might be too janky for release. Maybe I should release it as a good tool for upper intermediates.

If you haven't checked it out my other app Nihongo has a good OCR + dictionary setup. You can see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRxPyc9K8A iOS-only though.

Ahh yes that's basically perfect! Let me know when there's an Android version ;)

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by chrisvasselli »

resonious wrote: post #13
chrisvasselli wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you haven't checked it out my other app Nihongo has a good OCR + dictionary setup. You can see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRxPyc9K8A iOS-only though.

Ahh yes that's basically perfect! Let me know when there's an Android version ;)

Haha yes! I would LOVE to make the app for Android someday. But as a solo dev, it’s just too much to take on on my own. If Nihongo ever blows up and I make enough to hire someone to help me out, an Android app is top of my list.

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by rjh29 »

diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

I mean nerds like Japanese so it's no surprise that Japanese has the best arrangement of apps and websites.

Personally I just read easy manga (like Yotsuba-to) and worked my way up to books. I didn't use any tools except Genki 1+2.

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by owenpalmer »

diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

Have you taken a look at LingQ? I highly recommend it!

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by glandium »

chrisvasselli wrote: post #12
resonious wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree on reading. The one tool I feel I want is a good OCR + dictionary setup, as a quick escape hatch for physical books. I actually cobbled together something like that using Google's OCR API for Android. Works well for me but might be too janky for release. Maybe I should release it as a good tool for upper intermediates.

If you haven't checked it out my other app Nihongo has a good OCR + dictionary setup. You can see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRxPyc9K8A iOS-only though.

Oh wow, first time I see an OCR that can deal with 行書体. How extensive is your dataset for 行書 and do you also have 草書 or 隷書?

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by chrisvasselli »

rjh29 wrote: post #16
diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

I mean nerds like Japanese so it's no surprise that Japanese has the best arrangement of apps and websites. Personally I just read easy manga (like Yotsuba-to) and worked my way up to books. I didn't use any tools except Genki 1+2.

Yotsuba-to is a great one to start with, it's actually one of the ones that there are vocab decks for in the app. :)

Re: Show HN: A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition

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Post by glandium »

diob wrote: post #7

The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend anyone are Wanikani and Bunpro. Beyond that, reading! I tried a site dedicated to it, but realized that I'm too much of a picky reader to do anything but read things I find interesting. So I read japanese and english books side by side now. I…

Satori Reader seems interesting in the reading space, although I never gave it a try.
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