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Show HN: I built the literal Duolingo Killer
Hi Everyone,
I recently wanted to learn Japanese with duolingo but it kept giving me repetitive lessons. So I built an app that gives a variety of lessons from anime.
You can try it out here:https://kanjieight.vercel.app/ https://kanjieight.vercel.app/
Thanks everyone.
- datenyan 11mo agoTo preface this, I'm not a Japanese speaker, so perhaps my fears are misplaced, but learning from anime seems like it'd present users with a very particular flavour of Japanese (i.e. one that is much more hyperactive or exaggerated than how the language might be used in day-to-day conversations between native speakers). That being said, if this is meant to be an alternative to Duolingo, which is insistent that you absolutely need to know that the bear wants a cup of tea, then I guess this is infinitely better in that regard.
- thecopy 11mo ago>4.8 star global App Store rating Which app store?
- mcny 11mo agoI would love an option that doesn't require sign in with Google.
- orphea 11mo agoCan you disclose if AI was used to build the app, and, if yes, in what capacity?
- Mikecraft 11mo agoThe Content in the website were all hand made by me with the audio coming from a real japanese native.
- neatbea 11mo agoLiar liar pants on fire, the website is made with.... ai prompts
- allanmacgregor 11mo agoYou have nothing on the website that entices the user to start a free trial, no pricing, no examples, you listed backed by research of yale usc but there are no links to said research, this looks like AI Slop at best; Scam at worst. 4.8 star global App Store rating except is not listed on any apps stores is it?
- e12e 11mo agoI kind of imagined the app would be more than a handful of random sound samples for anime with subtitles? I'm guessing the content is ripped (possibly legally due to the short duration - and using only(?) sound? Although if the subtitles are ripped too, I imagine that's not fair use?).
- rand17 11mo agoThis is a description that turns on every red light in my head: "netflix for", "binge watching", "turning into", "keep you hooked", "but smarter" etc. - probably I'm not the target age demographic or maybe this is an American thing? Also, the meaning of literal, here, would be something like having a hamster named Duolingo and you built a gun to kill the animal. That's a literal killer appliance.
- luke-stanley 11mo agoOld man yells at cloud: that's not what "literal killer" means.
- readthenotes1 11mo ago"literal" and "literally" are both now commonly used oxymoronically as a figure of speech warning of the use of metaphor and/or exaggeration. It literally drives me nuts
- frizlab 11mo agoI was expecting a kind of game where you shoot the Duolingo bird. I am disappointed now.
- b800h 11mo agoBy literal, I assumed that you meant that the app allowed you to kill Duo the green owl, which I am sure many people feel like doing after all the cajoling, threats and emotional manipulation that he deals out when you miss a lesson.
- neatbea 11mo agoThis is an ai generated website scam :/
- allanmacgregor 11mo agoI think you are right, scam at worst; shady and lazy AI slop at best
- freitasm 11mo agoOn the homepage screenshot, there's an "it's" where it should be "its". Details matter if teaching language.
- emulatedmedia 11mo ago> Learn new languages 2.7x faster with Kanji #8's proven learning method. Proven by whom? How did they get that number? Is it this some kind of satire website?
- madmod 11mo agoI signed up and there is nothing to do without paying. At least have one free clip as a demo.
- kaishin 11mo agoI appreciate the prompt engineering effort, but it's a lot of claims and not much substance. Also, I wouldn't call Japanese used in anime "real Japanese", especially from anime like Attack on Titan. And how do you get around the copyright issue? Does this fall under fair use?