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I'll plug our own mostly free-to-use project here, I think many will find it useful: http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com http://languagelearningwithnetflix.c

I'll plug our own mostly free-to-use project here, I think many will find it useful: http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com (bilingual subs for Netflix and more)

iandanforth 7y ago
At first glance this is really well done. Subtitles and translations for Japanese are tricky due to furigana so good job!
- davidzweig 7y ago
  Thanks.
ant6n 7y ago
I find a very good way to learn languages by Netflix is to watch content in foreign language plus foreign subs. This is really good for English, because virtually all content is subbed with closed captions. French on the other hand is nearly impossible since virtually all content has mismatches between the audio and the caption (i.e. they always have subtitles, never closed captions). I've yet to find way to search for closed captions (vs subtitles) on Netflix.
- davidzweig 7y ago
  Way ahead of you :-) http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/catalogue.html#language=English&country= http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/catalogue.html#langua... (should update the catalogue data though, bit old now.)
ralfd 7y ago
I was sceptical, but this does look neat. I am German and trying to learn Spanish. - Can one disable the voice when looking up words in the dictionary? - Does it only work with Netflix or do you have plans for Amazon/Disney+? - Do you have large costs (hosting?) and plan paid pro features?
- davidzweig 7y ago
  -- No, currently TTS always plays on opening dict. It would be simple to put an option, just maybe don't want to overload the user with options. If the issue is that the voice isn't very pleasent, maybe it's better to address that. -- Just Netflix for now. We'll release a beta version for Youtube in about two weeks. Most of our users are in East Asia (75k in Korea), so, we'd look which services are popular there. -- Hosting costs, well, not too bad. We use firebase.. outgoing data is 10c per Gb, but, we might add a few nginx catches on a digital ocean VM (in different regions) for some endpoints to get this down, and reduce latency for dictionary. Machine translations are the main cost (it's actually a paid feature already).
  - davidzweig 7y ago
    Oh, wait. There is a way to open dict without TTS. In the settings, look at 'On Left Click'.

iandanforth 7y ago

At first glance this is really well done. Subtitles and translations for Japanese are tricky due to furigana so good job!

davidzweig 7y ago
Thanks.

ant6n 7y ago

I find a very good way to learn languages by Netflix is to watch content in foreign language plus foreign subs. This is really good for English, because virtually all content is subbed with closed captions. French on the other hand is nearly impossible since virtually all content has mismatches between the audio and the caption (i.e. they always have subtitles, never closed captions). I've yet to find way to search for closed captions (vs subtitles) on Netflix.

davidzweig 7y ago
Way ahead of you :-) http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/catalogue.html#language=English&country= http://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/catalogue.html#langua... (should update the catalogue data though, bit old now.)

ralfd 7y ago

I was sceptical, but this does look neat. I am German and trying to learn Spanish. - Can one disable the voice when looking up words in the dictionary? - Does it only work with Netflix or do you have plans for Amazon/Disney+? - Do you have large costs (hosting?) and plan paid pro features?

davidzweig 7y ago
-- No, currently TTS always plays on opening dict. It would be simple to put an option, just maybe don't want to overload the user with options. If the issue is that the voice isn't very pleasent, maybe it's better to address that. -- Just Netflix for now. We'll release a beta version for Youtube in about two weeks. Most of our users are in East Asia (75k in Korea), so, we'd look which services are popular there. -- Hosting costs, well, not too bad. We use firebase.. outgoing data is 10c per Gb, but, we might add a few nginx catches on a digital ocean VM (in different regions) for some endpoints to get this down, and reduce latency for dictionary. Machine translations are the main cost (it's actually a paid feature already).
- davidzweig 7y ago
  Oh, wait. There is a way to open dict without TTS. In the settings, look at 'On Left Click'.