This is cool! But, the language list contains “Chinese,” which is not an accurate name for a spoken language. I assume this is Mandarin. I would like Cantonese.
Quick note on the horizontal scrolling marquee, the text for Chinese (中国人) means Chinese person, not the language, which for Chinese would be 中文. Might want to check the other ones too!
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#52Is there a place I can suggest new podcasts? I listen to some French podcasts the old fashioned way, for exactly this purpose.
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#53This looks neat. Thanks. Is there a place I can suggest new podcasts? I listen to some French podcasts the old fashioned way, for exactly this purpose.
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#56"Pimsleur mode" does not seem to work, I do not hear the translation in English (tried French and Estonian).
Sorry about that, if you're on the web app, can you tell me what browser and OS are you using?
Some cool ideas for the spoken translation - allow the translation to come before the original audio - even better, maybe make it configurable. Imagine being able to hear the original, then translation, then the original again! Another thing that would be great is to hear the translation with different levels of volume - maybe a bit quieter, that way perhaps the brain neurons wouldn't be bombarded so intensively. Also, some quiet pauses between the original and translation would help as well.