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Ask HN: Conversational AI to Learn a Language

85 points edweis | 1 comments | 17 May 25 07:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

Hi all,

I want to learn Dutch and by experience I know I learn better when talking with native speakers.

From your experience, is there a good AI I can converse with in Dutch? It would be even better if I could see the transcription in Dutch.

Gliglish (https://gliglish.com) looks good but is more for speaking than for learning. I'd like to be able to set a situation (negotiating a job offer, calling a supplier ...).

1. entwife ◴[21 May 25 11:13 UTC] No.44050233[source]▶
I have used TalkPal for Catalan. I found it slightly superior to ChatGPT, especially, I find the feedback about performance, daily/weekly summary emails, the suggested responses, and the gamified experience to be motivating. The conversations use voice and text input, and audio and text output. I believe they also have a Dutch version.

It is not quite what you are looking for, but I also liked Lingoclip for both Catalan and Spanish. I had exceptional difficulty training my ear to distinguish speech sounds, so recognizing words in song lyrics was helpful.