I was frustrated with other apps so I've build my own, do you want to test it?

I've been learning Spanish over the last couple of months and tried a bunch of different apps. I found Spanish 5000, Language Transfer and Anki to be really useful resources. I've also really enjoyed Glossika but for me it had too little customisability and is lacking spaced repetition when listening to sentences. I've also tried Memrise and Pimsleur but they all didn't really do it for me. What I wanted was to 1. learn vocabulary in the context of sentences, 2. have spaced repetition to get the most out of the learning time and 3. be able to customise it. So I thought it would be a fun hobby project to build an app where I can learn sentences at my own pace and customise the experience to get the most out of my learning time. Over the last months I have done just that and build a prototype with the following features: - a listening only mode that uses spaced repetition - topic selection to learn about specific topics e.g. animals, numbers or emotions - full customisability with a lot of settings to tweak everything to my preferences - free selection of difficulty levels - simple UI without distractions or chests filled with gems - available on mobile and desktop Besides that it currently supports 14 languages. I'm also planning to add other features like mixing in listening comprehension, the option to learn multiple languages at once and adding custom sentences. I've been using the prototype myself for the past two weeks and have been enjoying it a lot. It currently only has a listening mode. I've found that going on walks while listening to vocabulary has been a lot of fun for me and integrates well into my day and commute. While I've built this app for myself as a hobby projects, some of my friends have started asking me if they can use it as well. Now I am wondering if other people might be interested in using a learning tool like this and would want to test the prototype I've build. Anyone interested? I am looking for around 5 people who want to test it. Disclaimer: - The sentences used are from Tatoeba - The audio is generated with Text-to-Speech - This is a hobby project, so it takes time for me to build features and there will be bugs :D - Marked as brand affiliated because the moderation policies mention tagging the post with "App/Promotion". Hope this is fine, although there is no brand :) submitted by /u/Healthy-Bus-5500 [link] [comments]

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