[jliechti1]

I've done my own manual version of this kind of service to learn Chinese. Would definitely pay for something like this!

The biggest problem for me is the availability of Chinese audio books (specifically, non-abridged versions - anyone have recommended sources?) When your reading level is high enough to read novels, the English translation is no longer that important - if I could just get the Chinese audio and text I would be really happy. It looks like this is targeted at beginners. Not sure how helpful it will be for them, but I see a lot of potential for more intermediate/advanced learners. There's always that gap in language learning between text books and real texts that has to be overcome. I think this kind of service could be great for that.

Right now I'm reading Tian Long Ba Bu (天龍八部), and have gone through the first 200 pages like this (simultaneous reading/listening), and it's been really helpful.

Also, a feature request: give an option to display the text in Traditional or Simplified Chinese. There are browser extension to use this, but it'd me more convenient to not have to use it on every page.

[PakG1]

Only a few people in the HN crowd would be interested, but I imagine that Chinese translations of the Bible are a perfect match for this. Everything's already marked down into chapters and verses for easy organization, and the text is in the public domain too for older translations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Union_Version

There appear to be some freely available online recordings of the public domain text as well. https://librivox.org/author/1097?primary_key=1097&search_cat...

[fishywang]

Ha, I think the novels from 金庸 (Jin Yong) are better choice than 鲁迅 (Lu Xun). The problem of the novels from 鲁迅 is that the words are kind of ancient. Modern Chinese no longer say that way. Also I think the novels from 金庸 should have some decent English translation?

[laowushi]

天龙八部最经典的一个版本，我前段时间又重新看了一篇，送给你： http://www.youku.com/show_page/id_zcbfb7d48962411de83b1.html