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by Forricide 1419 days ago
The flashcards feature of this makes it seem super useful for language learning. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to support non-English languages? At least on iOS, the OS has built-in dictionary support for a huge variety of languages. It would be super cool to see something just like this app, but with support for more languages, perhaps through the OS's dictionary (although I'm not sure if iOS makes that available to apps)
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wingerlang 1419 days ago
Learning language is much more than drilling vocabulary. And I say this as someone who has built at least 3 different flashcard apps for myself over the years. It is very low down on the list, especially if it is words only.

And no, it doesn't seem like iOS gives us access to its dictionary as developer, unfortunately.

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Forricide 1418 days ago
That's unfortunate. I'm lucky enough to have studied my target language on & off for over a decade and one of my main issues at this point is vocabulary. But you're not wrong - it's not useful for everyone.
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