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It really looks cool. But, why it doesn't have English? Or meybe if it does have, why isn't showed first? People who use language learning apps are focused in
by phpisatrash 4y ago
It really looks cool. But, why it doesn't have English? Or meybe if it does have, why isn't showed first?
People who use language learning apps are focused in learning English most of the time. Still those who speak fluently are trying to improve their speaking and listening.
And the first language which appeared for me was Brazilian Portuguese which is my mother language.
[Edit] I was trying the Brazilian Portuguese mode, and apparently it is Portuguese from Portugal, because the answer given used a verb tense that is not common in Brazil.
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- sebastiansm 4y agoYeah. I been looking for a few months for services to improve my English in a cheap/free way. Until now some Discord channels have been my solution to practice conversation, but it would be nice to have this kind of service to speak anytime about any topic.
- swyx 4y agofor what its worth what you just typed is completely indistinguishable from a native speaker, well done
- sebastiansm 4y agoThe advantage of typing is that I can erase and improve what I'm trying to communicate. In real time I struggle thinking about pronunciation and if what I'm saying is correct or understandable by the other person.
- elliekelly 4y agoHave you tried playing online multiplayer games? I found I was able to learn how to “think” in another language much better when I was under pressure to communicate something quickly in real time. It’s easy to fall into the trap of always translating to/from your native language which isn’t the end of the world when you’re reading or writing but it makes for pretty awkward and stilted conversations.
- Tepix 4y agoTry tandem to find people to talk with, it's free
- OJFord 4y agoTo prevent DoS from a tonne of people using it just as AI conversation buddy when they know English perfectly well? Or said another way - I think there's lots of English AI conversation bots available, they're just not necessarily marketed as 'for learning English'.
- bhedgeoser 4y agoYou can't train AI using another AI. If you could, these people would just run the service locally.
- OJFord 4y agoI'm not sure I follow/see the link to my comment?
- Hadjimina 4y agoHahah I have a super silly response for this one: It's simply because we have not gotten around to translate the UI and everything into other languages besides english. That's why we simple assume people know english, since they need to be able to know at least some english to use it. But it's high on our to-do list.
- richrichardsson 4y agoI think you misunderstood what they're missing: the ability to converse and practise English, given it's a foreign language for some people.
- insane_dreamer 4y agoSo then the UI would need to be in their non-English language, which is what they are saying.
- maxnoe 4y agoNot necessarily. Learning enough English to understand the UI is much lower level than being able to converse. It's also the difference between active and passive command of the language.
- richrichardsson 4y agoAlso "right click -> Translate to <x>" takes care of the UI automatically (in Chrome at least) but still doesn't solve the issue that English can not used to converse with the AI.
- aix1 4y ago> Not necessarily. Learning enough English to understand the UI is much lower level than being able to converse. Exactly this. For example, I am learning German and have changed the language of my reading tablet's UI to German. That in itself is a useful learning tool.
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- hhw3h 4y agoThis would be great for English. So many people need help with their conversational or small talk skills. Would be great for them to be able to practice even if they are native speakers. For public speaking, office communication training, self confidence development, etc.