Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#1

Post by Phillip98798 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading
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Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#2

Post by freeatnet » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:05 PM UTC

That's a pretty cool approach! Alas, the interface seems to have gotten stuck on step 9 for me.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#3

Post by Phillip98798 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:46 PM UTC

freeatnet wrote: post #2

That's a pretty cool approach! Alas, the interface seems to have gotten stuck on step 9 for me.

Thanks, yeah. I wanted to see what HN thought before I took the time to finish it. Looks like I will.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#4

Post by sammyo » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 1:18 PM UTC

Really interesting approach. I've bookmarked the page. You should consider gathering emails to give updates.

This should be the new killer app for e-readers. That tech is generally closed with too low powered processors due to power requirements for it to be implemented in any current generation. But it is just right for this kind of reading/learning.

Are you doing the translation?

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#5

Post by Phillip98798 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

sammyo wrote: post #4

Really interesting approach. I've bookmarked the page. You should consider gathering emails to give updates. This should be the new killer app for e-readers. That tech is generally closed with too low powered processors due to power requirements for it to be implemented in any current generation. But it is just right for this kind of reading/learning. Are you doing the translation?

Thanks, I used Google Translate at first. I have a family member that does it professionally so I may work with him going forward.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

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Post by troydavis » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 1:43 PM UTC

Phillip98798 wrote: post #3

freeatnet wrote: post #2

That's a pretty cool approach! Alas, the interface seems to have gotten stuck on step 9 for me.

Thanks, yeah. I wanted to see what HN thought before I took the time to finish it. Looks like I will.

One more vote of support. I'm reading it now.

I've always wished that Kindle had this. One can buy a Kindle translation (and some popular books have communities around translations: https://tinwhiskers.net/post/harry_potter_spanish, https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/9229774/Harry-Potter-in-S...) as well as a translating dictionary, but one must find a book that's very close to the reader's level or reading will be impossibly slow (highlight word, click to translate, repeat). Your contextual translations and next/play button are way faster.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#7

Post by napier » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC

This is really very promising and well executed. Any plans for additional texts and languages in the future?

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#8

Post by knubie » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

I’d like to check it out but on my phone the top and bottom of the pop up is cropped and I can’t scroll or close it.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#9

Post by Phillip98798 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:46 PM UTC

napier wrote: post #7

This is really very promising and well executed. Any plans for additional texts and languages in the future?

I can see doing les mis for French and other seminal works of their respective languages. I guess I’ll try and finish this one first.

Re: Show HN: Learn Spanish quickly while reading

#10

Post by Phillip98798 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:48 PM UTC

knubie wrote: post #8

I’d like to check it out but on my phone the top and bottom of the pop up is cropped and I can’t scroll or close it.

Thanks, will fix.