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AI · June 13, 2024

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LLM grammar explainer and flash card maker for Japanese

Goal was to make it easy to jump from textbook learning into immersion. I wanted to play video games in Japanese, and started by using LLMs and a notebook, but figured it would be easier to streamline it all in an app. - You input a sentence in Japanese (easier on mobile where you can handwrite kanji you don't know) - App translates the sentence, explains the grammar, and gives you a list of flash cards - You choose some flash cards to save for studying later - You input a question about the explanation for more information - App explains some more and gives you more flash cards - Repeat And…

LLM grammar explainer and flash card maker for Japanese launched on June 13, 2024 with 5 votes, #1,622 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

Goal was to make it easy to jump from textbook learning into immersion. I wanted to play video games in Japanese, and started by using LLMs and a notebook, but figured it would be easier to streamline it all in an app. - You input a sentence in Japanese (easier on mobile where you can handwrite kanji you don't know)…

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