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c/opensource · by comfydecal@infosec.pub · 2y

[REQUEST] Human Language Learning apps

Ideally offline and either Android or Linux. Just looking to see what's out there and I didn't see much yet besides some dictionary or DIY flashcard apps

Thanks!

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BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Op:

comfydecal@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y

Thanks for the reminder!

TheSun@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

No need to DIY, Anki has tons of flash cards packs to download for free for any language.

Anki + downloading ready made vocab packs is a nice tool in the toolbox. Wont teach you a language on its own but good for increasing your vocab.

DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

+1 for anki. I struggled for years to find anything decent for Swahili and there is more content for Swahili than I got out of Duolingo. One thing I didn't know about anki until i tried it because I didn't see anyone mention it, the flashcards can include pictures/videos/audio.

comfydecal@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y

Of course, open source communities are awesome and provide! Thanks for the tip, will check the prefilled flashcards out

comfydecal@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y

Of course, open source communities are awesome and provide! Thanks for the tip, will check the prefilled flashcards out

Ludrol@szmer.info · 4 pts · 2y

Anki for vocab
Textbook for grammar
Immersion for everything else

Also input and output are two different skills.

makeasnek@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

One option is to ask open source language models to make lessons/quizzes/etc for you

comfydecal@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Do you find local models fast enough or accurate enough? I find their grammar to be inaccurate too frequently

makeasnek@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

tbh I haven't played around w them much so idk

anzo@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Not offline but self-hosting available , there's LinguaCafe it's like book reading web app with tons of niceties. I am yet to try it for myself.

comfydecal@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Thanks for the tip! I wonder if it could self hosted locally on a LAN?

anzo@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

Yes. I believe all self-hosting apps are like that. As an example, I have a docker container running Searxng and I use it locally on my PC as default search engine. Just keep in mind that docker compose port mapping (e.g. "3000:80") attaches to all available IPs unless you specify it like "127.0.0.1:3000:80".