nowfound

Work · September 19, 2020

SpeakyReads

Advanced language learning using audio paragraphs

SpeakyReads launched on September 19, 2020 with 68 votes, #725 of 3,919 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

SpeakyReads allows intermediate/advanced learners to practice their speaking, listening and spelling in a unique way. Books are split into short audio paragraphs with synchronized text and audio. Two practice modes available: * Reading mode * Dication mode

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • lwlnow2025 · lwlnow.com · ▲167

    Learn languages by listening, typing, and mastering

  • Academy X2024 · ▲103

    Language learning platform, learn in context

  • LingofableMar 2026 · lingofable.com · ▲107

    Language learning, one story at a time

  • SpeakAce2023 · ▲89

    Intermediate advanced English speaking app

  • AN
    A New Way to Learn Languages2025 · langturbo.com · ▲67

    Hi HN, I’m Pablo, I built this application to learn languages using podcasts: https://www.langturbo.com (No signup required) There are a lot of tools to learn languages, but most of them focus on beginners (understandably so, that’s where the money is) but not many exist that target intermediate or advanced learners. The ones that exist make you find content on your own and then import that into their apps, which can be tricky when you don’t know where to look. LangTurbo has a unique curated database of podcasts by language (some even have dialect labels) that you can browse by…

  • VocabDepot2021 · ▲65

    Expand your vocabulary everyday for free

More work this month

the category →
  • Hey HN, We recently built Clipto. It’s a tool that lets you search over terabytes of video, audio, and images on your computer, without relying on the cloud. Motivation: we probably all had this similar experience, we know a moment exists in a video or audio, but finding it takes hours scrubbing the timeline. You can send all the media to process in the cloud, but it’s slow, expensive and raises privacy concerns. So we decided to build our own on-device media search engine. How it works (high level): 1. We ingest video, audio, image; normalize formats via ffmpeg; run content analysis to…

    Work · 23d ago · clipto.com

  • Hey we are Computable. We spent years building trading infrastructure at Jump Trading and Coinbase. From that point of view, compute looks like energy markets before 2000: everything trades through private bilateral leases, there’s no visible price, and nothing can be resold. The same H100 rents at a 2x spread depending on who’s asking, and once you sign a 24-month lease, it can never change hands. So we built a market for GPU nodes, sold by the calendar week. Here are three things you can do on it that you can’t do anywhere else: - Buy exactly the weeks you need. Three nodes for the last…

    Work · 15d ago · getcomputable.com

  • Free local transcription that is 100% Private

    Work · 22d ago · hynote.ai

  • Ask any question, get a video back instantly

    Work · 29d ago · scrimba.com

  • Handle all of the work before, during, and after meetings

    Work · 22d ago · calendly.com

Source: Product Hunt launch

Launched alongside, September 2020

the whole month →
  • Synthesia943

    Generate professional-looking AI videos from text in minutes

    AI · 2020 · synthesia.io

  • IdeasAI806

    OpenAI-powered startup idea generator

    AI · 2020 · ideasai.com

  • Tables helps teams easily track & automate tasks

    Work · 2020 · tables.area120.google.com

  • LS

    Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…

    Commerce · 2020

  • A pool party in your pocket

    Life & fun · 2020 · cellular.poolside.fm

  • 65 solo founders making $370,000/mo

    Life & fun · 2020