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456 points ph4evers | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 05:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

I've been working on a little side project that combines Duolingo-like listening comprehension exercises with real content .

Every video is transcribed to get much better transcripts than the closed captions. I filter on high quality transcripts, and afterwards a LLM selects only plausible segments for the exercises. This seems to work well for quality control and seems to be reliable enough for these short exercises.

Would love your thoughts!

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dataengineer56 ◴[01 Apr 25 08:54 UTC] No.43544384[source]▶
The English icon has the Union Jack flag rather than the US flag, so it automatically elevates the service above Duolingo for me.
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pjc50 ◴[01 Apr 25 09:58 UTC] No.43544886[source]▶
English (Traditional) vs English (Simplified)
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elric ◴[01 Apr 25 11:56 UTC] No.43545694[source]▶
That meme is such a load of hogwash. In many ways, US English is closer to "traditional" than UK English. They've both diverged somewhat from what they were in the 17th century. Neither form has been "simplified" in any way.

As for the Union Jack: the UK has at least 3 rather different languages (English, Gaelic, Welsh), possibly a few more depending on how you count the different kinds of Gaelic.

Using a country flag to represent a language has always struck me as being silly. Only rarely do they map 1-to-1.

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pjc50 ◴[01 Apr 25 12:12 UTC] No.43545809[source]▶
It's entirely a joke based on the two different versions of "Chinese" offered on most websites, it's not really meant to be taken seriously. But I've heard that there's an island in New England somewhere whose local accent is closest to Elizabethan English.
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1. watwut ◴[01 Apr 25 13:41 UTC] No.43546684{3}[source]▶
Yeah, but there is a real difference between simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Traditional are more ornamental/complicated while simplified are ... simplified/minimalist .