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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by reactspa on Saturday May 04, 2019 @05:20PM (#19829463)
> There are apps for watching movies for language learning (which adds subtitles, dictionaries, etc.)

I've been searching for such apps (for watching movies/audio-visual content). Got any names to share? Thanks.

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by YankY on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:00PM (#19829929)
I recently discovered https://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/

You get a nice overview of movies in a certain language available in your country. I don't use their Chrome extension though, so I can't say anything about that

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by davidzweig on Saturday May 04, 2019 @11:59PM (#19831072)
I'm one of the two developers, thanks for the mention. :-)

We're working on YouTube support now for the extension.

Something else I've been working on: https://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?t=8699

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by kpozin on Sunday May 05, 2019 @03:30AM (#19831629)
It would be great to crowd-source data on whether Netflix's audio track matches the subtitles for a particular film. Even when the original audio language and subtitle language match, the subtitles often paraphrase the spoken dialogue, making it difficult to follow along.
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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by davidzweig on Sunday May 05, 2019 @08:26AM (#19832452)
In my investigations, this isn't too common, but I guess it depends on where in the Netflix catalogue (14,000 titles) you are digging. When Original language of film === audio language === subtitle language, things generally match up, in my experience. The subtitle accuracy for some less popular or older material can vary a bit though.
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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by juliango on Saturday May 04, 2019 @07:07PM (#19829948)
I'm the author of jijimaku, a free app to add dictionary definitions to subtitles if that helps.
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