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Not exactly Duolingo alternative, but: I'm currently building an an app for language learning by reading books. It takes an (your) ebook and inserts translation

Not exactly Duolingo alternative, but: I'm currently building an an app for language learning by reading books. It takes an (your) ebook and inserts translations: —Arthur —dijo con tono cortante, ["Arthur," he said sharply.] y su voz sonó como el chasquido de una ratonera—, [and his voice sounded like the click of a mousetrap.] There is zero gamification, as it's not needed - you're motivated by the pleasure of reading. It won't help you to learn to speak (there is an option to read aloud a selected phrase though), but it will help you with vocabulary. I went with it from not being able to read even one page, to being able to understand 70% of a book (intermediate Spanish level) in about a month. ATM looking for beta users, completely free of charge. Pls leave a contact in a comment if you're interested

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davidmonti 3y ago
Hi! This sounds exactly like Beelinguapp, have you tried that one? You can read books in 2 different languages with audio as well. https://beelinguapp.com/get https://beelinguapp.com/get
- klakierr 3y ago
  Hi, yes I tried, it's great. They do not let you upload your own books though, and for me (as an user) it is important
klakierr 3y ago
All the other comments: I've sent you an email with access link & info. Thanks for the interest and sorry it took me a whole week to get back to you!
kej 3y ago
This sounds great and I'd love to help test. Kevin at silent planet dot com. Thanks!
markgavalda 3y ago
This is an amazing idea! I use a much more rudimentary version of this to read (and learn along the way) multiple languages. My favorite method so far.
tba 3y ago
Sounds great! My Telegram is ttf92.
jph 3y ago
Super idea! You are welcome to use my ebooks which are free open source guide books for technology-related terminology. Your readers could learn many professional concepts and phrases. https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/ https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/ has the guide books. Topics include startups, UI/UX, programming, project management, etc. Feel free to email me joel@joelparkerhenderson.com. I can give you access to the repos, if you wish to add your translations there too. You're on to a really great idea IMHO.
- klakierr 3y ago
  wow, thanks a ton, I will contact you when I'll be adding books directly to the app; ATM I just have the option to upload a book for the users
mbbbb 3y ago
Seems awesome would like to try! What languages? (I am learning Polish and am approx A2 level)
- klakierr 3y ago
  Theoretically any language that ChatGPT "speaks" is supported, but the more popular language the better quality of inserted translations.
timwis 3y ago
Love this idea and would be happy to beta test. tim@timwis.com
joe-collins 3y ago
I'm interested- joe.r.collins@gmail.com I'm going to guess the translations are mechanical, rather than professional?
- klakierr 3y ago
  Yes, mechanical. It's a copyright issue, I cannot offer translated books, so each user upload will get separate generated and inserted translations. Obviously the quality is not the best compared to professional translations. For that you can try beelinguapp.com or lingq.com, both mentioned in this thread. What's different in my app is that it inserts translations in the text, so no additional clicking, and it allows you to upload your own books. I've tried using LibreTranslate, GoogleTranslate, DeepL, ChatGPT 3.5 and 4 for translations - in my experience ChatGPT is the best for this use case, 3.5 is good enough and economically viable, 4 is superior, especially if you want translation in a language different than English, but expensive compared to 3.5: ~$20 for a book.
owenpalmer 3y ago
Really cool. LingQ.com is a similar idea, you may want to take a look for inspiration.
- klakierr 3y ago
  I'm familiar with it, it's great. It's a bit different interface-wise, they do not insert translations intro text, you have to click on words to translate them
antforce 3y ago
I'm currently learning Spanish at an intermediate level, so would love to try it! gmail: antforce
atavisticity 3y ago
This sounds fantastic, I've been learning Spanish for about 8 months and the most effective tool for building my vocab has been reading. My email is da/vis/jo/nathan38/0 [at] gmail.com without the forwardslashes!
ck_one 3y ago
Do you have a waitlist?
- klakierr 3y ago
  I don't
endigma 3y ago
agile.beach5204@fastmail.com
bogdanos 3y ago
Hey you won a new user! odysseas -+ a.t. +- dilmun ¢dot© net
bobwaycott 3y ago
This is the way I’ve felt is best for learning how languages work and building vocabulary. I’d love to beta (email in profile).
prirai 3y ago
Looks interesting, worth giving a try! Gmail - idealpriyanshu
Achy1les 3y ago
Where is your site project? Could you show us the link? Thx
- klakierr 3y ago
  ATM there is basically no landing page, and without beta user code you wont be able to use the app

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davidmonti 3y ago

Hi! This sounds exactly like Beelinguapp, have you tried that one? You can read books in 2 different languages with audio as well. https://beelinguapp.com/get https://beelinguapp.com/get

klakierr 3y ago
Hi, yes I tried, it's great. They do not let you upload your own books though, and for me (as an user) it is important

klakierr 3y ago

All the other comments: I've sent you an email with access link & info. Thanks for the interest and sorry it took me a whole week to get back to you!

kej 3y ago

This sounds great and I'd love to help test. Kevin at silent planet dot com. Thanks!

markgavalda 3y ago

This is an amazing idea! I use a much more rudimentary version of this to read (and learn along the way) multiple languages. My favorite method so far.

tba 3y ago

Sounds great! My Telegram is ttf92.

jph 3y ago

Super idea! You are welcome to use my ebooks which are free open source guide books for technology-related terminology. Your readers could learn many professional concepts and phrases. https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/ https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/ has the guide books. Topics include startups, UI/UX, programming, project management, etc. Feel free to email me joel@joelparkerhenderson.com. I can give you access to the repos, if you wish to add your translations there too. You're on to a really great idea IMHO.

klakierr 3y ago
wow, thanks a ton, I will contact you when I'll be adding books directly to the app; ATM I just have the option to upload a book for the users

mbbbb 3y ago

Seems awesome would like to try! What languages? (I am learning Polish and am approx A2 level)

klakierr 3y ago
Theoretically any language that ChatGPT "speaks" is supported, but the more popular language the better quality of inserted translations.

timwis 3y ago

Love this idea and would be happy to beta test. tim@timwis.com

joe-collins 3y ago

I'm interested- joe.r.collins@gmail.com I'm going to guess the translations are mechanical, rather than professional?

klakierr 3y ago
Yes, mechanical. It's a copyright issue, I cannot offer translated books, so each user upload will get separate generated and inserted translations. Obviously the quality is not the best compared to professional translations. For that you can try beelinguapp.com or lingq.com, both mentioned in this thread. What's different in my app is that it inserts translations in the text, so no additional clicking, and it allows you to upload your own books. I've tried using LibreTranslate, GoogleTranslate, DeepL, ChatGPT 3.5 and 4 for translations - in my experience ChatGPT is the best for this use case, 3.5 is good enough and economically viable, 4 is superior, especially if you want translation in a language different than English, but expensive compared to 3.5: ~$20 for a book.

owenpalmer 3y ago

Really cool. LingQ.com is a similar idea, you may want to take a look for inspiration.

klakierr 3y ago
I'm familiar with it, it's great. It's a bit different interface-wise, they do not insert translations intro text, you have to click on words to translate them

antforce 3y ago

I'm currently learning Spanish at an intermediate level, so would love to try it! gmail: antforce

atavisticity 3y ago

This sounds fantastic, I've been learning Spanish for about 8 months and the most effective tool for building my vocab has been reading. My email is da/vis/jo/nathan38/0 [at] gmail.com without the forwardslashes!

ck_one 3y ago

Do you have a waitlist?

klakierr 3y ago
I don't

endigma 3y ago

agile.beach5204@fastmail.com

bogdanos 3y ago

bobwaycott 3y ago

This is the way I’ve felt is best for learning how languages work and building vocabulary. I’d love to beta (email in profile).

prirai 3y ago

Looks interesting, worth giving a try! Gmail - idealpriyanshu

Achy1les 3y ago

Where is your site project? Could you show us the link? Thx

klakierr 3y ago
ATM there is basically no landing page, and without beta user code you wont be able to use the app