Re:Show HN: I built an AI language teacher to get you speaking
by fabiensnauwaert on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:12PM
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And, well… "glass half-empty or glass half-full?"
Speech recognition is far from perfect but even then it's incredibly useful. It CAN be infuriating (or downright hilarious). Hell, it's infuriating when occasionally a (human!) waiter switches to English after I mangled a sound in Hungarian, even though I'm C1/advanced in the language.
Problem or opportunity? Like someone else pointed out, the limitations of speech-to-text can be turned into an opportunity to improve one's pronunciation. It's getting extremely good for native speakers. As foreign speakers it's a chance to improve.
In any case, I'm sure I can add a layer or two to the code to reduce misunderstandings. This is actually exciting!
p.s. as mentioned in the OP, feedback on pronunciation is planned (actually in the works).
Re:Show HN: I built an AI language teacher to get you speaking
by willsmith72 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:39AM
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Yep exactly right. Awesome product you're building, I'm sure so many people can get value out of this
Even in its current state this is an awesome product. There are so so many people in the world learning a language, and one of the hardest parts is practicing after you stop learning (like you leaving Spain). People like that will really love something like this
In future especially to be able to cater to people who are still learning, it should be feasible to use a similar product to train and correct people's pronounciation.