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Thanks for the feedback! Admittedly the practice feature needs a bit more work. Helpful to know the issues you are experiencing.


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A few people have raised this. I'll take a look. Unfortunately the App isn't available in all locations.


Got the same. Was about to sign up for a month to check it out


Thank you!


Thanks! At some point I may add it, but the difference in grammatical structure might limit how well it works. I'll try to start testing it soon.


I think it is SwiftData that meant I had to limit to iOS 17. I will double check because it might be a limitation I can solve easily enough.


Long term audio is something I'd look at, either audio books or podcasts. AR is another long term ambition.


Right now I see this as an MVP to get feedback and see if there is interest. I have no plans to charge for any of the current features.


Thanks for the feedback. One of the features allows users to upload an epub to use in the app. Although I realise that a better method is needed, as it has become harder to find legitimate places to buy epub formatted books.


You're welcome for the feedback. I saw the epub import and thought it was novel, but as you said, I don't know of anywhere to buy modern fiction in epub. If you know of legal sellers and linked to them from the site, that would probably be enough for me as a customer.

That said, I'd gladly pay you/the site to handle that for me (by paying more than the book's retail price). Hopefully the translation would also be better than anything I imported.

(Two sibling replies linked to sites that sell technical non-fiction. That is a very hard way to learn :-) )


I've bought a few epubs (English only) from https://www.humblebundle.com/books and https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/books . I'm still skeptical of this proposition though: to learn a language by listening to a TTS? Better to go talk to people. The language starts to solidify after the sounds and non-verbal cues start matching up.


Do you require the epub to be drm stripped first?


The app doesn't do anything to remove DRM, so it'll only work with DRM-free files.


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