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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hey NamPNQ, Thanks for buying our decks! Each deck has 1000 cards, so each language has 3000 cards total across levels. Perhaps you only downloaded the sample decks? Let us know if you have any further questions by dropping an email at supp
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Thank you newsbinator! We definitely want to expand in this direction.
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hi funcDropShadow, that's a good point. We really want to expand to other language pairs (e.g. German-Spanish). In fact we are also not native English speakers :)
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hi James, thank you for your comment. It's great to hear you say that because it is exactly what we had in mind when we started the project -- we were also pretty tired of the subscription model in language learning apps :)
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Good catch -- the expected behavior is indeed for the page to scroll down to the appropriate sections of the landing page. Thanks for the bug report!
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hey jchook, Indeed, improving the deck samples' UI/UX is one of the next few items on our to-do list - there's plenty to improve on that front :) Also thanks for your second suggestion!
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hi ngokevin! The Anki community is fantastic and there are some great decks out there. However, we found that the quality, format and even difficulty tend to vary wildly across decks. For example, many decks have low quality audio or don&#x
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hi spoonjim! In our experience it's important to train your ears to listen to native speakers as early as possible in the learning process. However, you are correct that listening to slow speaking is also very pedagogical -- this is ex
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   by amelo 6y ago

   Hi David, thank you! Indeed, using frequency alone will lead to a suboptimal set of sentences. Our approach was to choose sentences that increase smoothly in complexity, where we estimate complexity through a combination of criteria: freque
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    by amelo 6y ago

    Hey Trias! Yes, our flashcards run on top of Anki, so they can be used completely offline - that was of our main intentions when making this product, as many apps require internet access.
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    by amelo 6y ago

    Hi Peretus, thank you for the kind words and for the feedback! Indeed, this is a great point. We'll fix it soon. Looking forward to your sign up :)
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    by amelo 6y ago

    Here are some examples of our flashcards for Spanish: https://deckmill.com/decks/es A little of backstory about this project: my co-founder and I are big fans of Anki, which is an awesome flashcard software and a reall
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