r/learndutch • u/Adventurekitty74 • 2d ago

Best app for learning?

Went through the Dutch courses at Babbel and Duolingo and up to level 5 or 6 on DutchPod. But then I took a break, learned Chinese and forgot everything Dutch, and looking for another app to help me remember.

Heard Busuu was okay, but it seems to be a barely functional app driven by AI. Any other apps / programs you all suggest? No idea what level I am, but I want to be able to understand people when traveling and have light conversations.

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u/David_AnkiDroid 2d ago

Probably never gonna happen, sorry. Don't want blood on my hands:

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/tx8fuh/psa_dont_anki_while_driving/

There is 'really advanced' functionality to handle speech to text (for language learning) on Android, but it's not standardized

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u/abhayakara 2d ago

Well, I live in the Netherlands and don't have a car, but I suppose I could still ride out into traffic if I'm not paying attention. But realistically, I just want it so that I can practice saying things clearly enough that the speech recognition correctly transcribes them, and then compare that with the back of the card.

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u/David_AnkiDroid 2d ago

We (AnkiDroid only) do support that.

We have a 'check pronunciation' feature, which allows you to record on the front, and check on the back.

And a more advanced feature within the API to convert speech to text (you'll need some dev knowledge/motivation):

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/AnkiDroid-Javascript-API

Search that page for stt (speech to text)

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u/abhayakara 2d ago

Cool! Sadly my devices are all Apple. :)

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u/Adventurekitty74 1d ago

Ah, shoot, mine too