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Whats a privacy friendly way of learning a new language? (feddit.uk)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Please delete this if I'm in the wrong sub to ask this!

I'm looking to learn a new language without relying on data harvesting apps. Is there a privacy friendly platform I can use, or a FOSS app (android)?

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[–] 38 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Anki is an offline-first flashcard program that I use along with other methods.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I will look into this, thanks for taking the time to make a recommendation :)

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    Anki + Yomitan is the goat. Download some dictionaries of your target language, load them into Yomitan, and now you can search words on any website with selectable text and instantly make a flashcard out of the word. Watching a video in browser? Use asbplayer to load subtitles onto the video/movie and select the text from that too. Wanna watch not in browser? Use mpvacious with mpv.

    Find yourself a card format you like and some cute addons (I use Ankimon [Pokemon]) for Anki so you don't fall into that "it looks so dull!" trap because the SRS system it uses is no joke. I have years old vocab on there that I still remember, and medical students aren't joking when they say it saved them.

    I just love this app so much.

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