Sponge
Absorb a new language
Sponge launched on April 3, 2023 with 94 votes, #613 of 4,853 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
Sponge is a browser extension that helps you learn a new language by integrating the target language into your day-to-day reading. We replace some words on the websites you visit with words you're trying to learn.
Word Sponge is a language learning platform that uses AI to help you learn new languages faster and more efficiently. Let's try a practice sentence. If you have installed Sponge already, you won't know recognize our cat and our dog, as the words will actually be written in a different language. Imagine eating a banana and some grapes from a plate during a picnic. You're thinking about dinner later where you will use a cutting board to cut up a carrot and an onion to eat for dinner. You use your cellphone camera to take a photo to send to your friends. Word Sponge uses natural language absorption to help you learn languages faster and more efficiently. We use an awesome technique of…from thewordsponge.com
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