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Should i host LinguaCafe or are there better alternatives? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, I just noticed the existence of LinguaCafe and i really like the idea. So I searched up their website and saw that they are still in early developement. I'd like to learn italian and that is currently an experimental language. So im wondering if there is a better service avaiable right now.

I thank you in advise and Have a great day :D

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://simjanos-dev.github.io/LinguaCafeHome/

For those wondering why there isn't a link...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh. Sorry I completely forgot about that. Thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm aware of LWT and LUTE with the same concept. Neither comes with predefined languages or texts, so they should work for any language as long as you have some texts you want to read.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a decent idea if you have ebooks in the language you are interested to learn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What exactly do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Well, the main purpose of this seems to be an eBook reader that integrates language learning and translation.

Its a good idea, but few language learners start out with a backlog of foreign language texts that they would like to read.

The exception would be your typical manga/light novel weebo, and this seems to be precisely what this is developed for with the Japanese language tools included.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

your typical manga/light novel weebo

No chinese support :(

I read a ton of web novels translated from Chinese, and reading the untranslated versions would be a fun way to learn Chinese. Or Korean.

I don't really like the Japanese light novels as much.

Edit: hmmm, it seems like their are similar projects, and some have custom language support. I may need to look into those into the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Seems like i didnt read enough. I didnt really notice that the purpose is a ebook reader... But this concept seems actually very promising. I like it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

https://alternativeto.net/software/duolingo/?license=opensource

Of the programs in that list, the only one I've heard of before is LibreLingo, and I'm not sure how good or bad it is. (It seems different enough from LinguaCafe that they might be complement each other more than compete.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'll look at it. Thank you