Very cool! Just a heads up your Google play button just takes me to the apple store
Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
21–30 of 137 posts
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#22Very cool! Just a heads up your Google play button just takes me to the apple store
Thanks for the hint, We'll fix that!
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#23Nice! I built the same thing to learn chinese[0], it even has the in-context word lookup!
I have a feature request: if I don't have a pinyin IME installed, it's very hard to use - it would be nice to have an in-browser one!
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#24"Unfortunately, the Safari Browser does not work well with recording audio. Use Chrome or Firefox instead."
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#25Congrats on launching.
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#26Cool, I am already practicing my written Brazilian Portuguese with ChatGPT, and I am eager to try out Univerbal!
After trying both Italki and Preply a few times, I realized that I don't like tutoring platforms because they lack a structured approach to learning a language. While speaking is enjoyable, I don't feel like I'm making progress.
I like how I can craft my own program and learning path in ChatGPT
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#27Nice! I built the same thing to learn chinese[0], it even has the in-context word lookup! I have a feature request: if I don't have a pinyin IME installed, it's very hard to use - it would be nice to have an in-browser one! [0]: https://github.com/statusfailed/gptlingo
OK I played with this some more, it's so good - exactly what I dreamed of!!
A couple more bits of feedback:
(1) The "suggestion" / "I'm unsure" etc. feedback is fantastic
(2) Word segmentation doesn't seem to be working properly, and so the context lookup doesn't work right. Example:
中国 should be parsed as a single word ("china"), but it's parsed as individual characters ("middle", "kingdom").
This means I have to tab out to a dictionary to look up words, and it's a bit annoying to select the right text.
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#28I've been building https://heylangley.com as a solo side project for a little while now. The initial MVP took about 2 months, though I have not had much time to market it. It's pretty much identical to this. I also applied to YC for W23 and was rejected.
Not sure what else to say beyond this: if you have a project that you've been wanting to start, believe in yourself and build it!
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#29I've been building https://heylangley.com as a solo side project for a little while now. The initial MVP took about 2 months, though I have not had much time to market it. It's pretty much identical to this. I also applied to YC for W23 and was rejected. Not sure what else to say beyond this: if you have a project that you've been wanting to start, believe in yourself and build it!
The thing that really made the difference for us was the traction we got through the original launch HN post.
Re: Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor
#30Cool, I am already practicing my written Brazilian Portuguese with ChatGPT, and I am eager to try out Univerbal! After trying both Italki and Preply a few times, I realized that I don't like tutoring platforms because they lack a structured approach to learning a language. While speaking is enjoyable, I don't feel like I'm making progress. I like how I can craft my own program and learning path in ChatGPT
That's interesting. We have also seen that learners usually fall into one of two camps: 1) They know exactly what they want to learn. 2) They want to be guided and handed the next "lesson" after they completed the first.
You definitely fall into camp 1