Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor

Re:Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a ... by abricq on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:13AM (#39189710)

This looks really cool, for sure I will to try this out ! I will look into it for Italian.

I'm not sure how much work is it for you guys to add a language, maybe it's easier for you to add languages than for other mainstream platforms thanks to the use of AI ? If it the case, it would be really nice to have one serbo-croatian language, such as croatian or bosnian.

I struggled to find ressources for these languages. Since a few months I have been trying to learn Bosnian (going on a long trek in the balkanies this summer) and I was just not able to find any "modern" service (Duolingo, Babel, etc ...) which supports these languages. I guess it makes sense since almost no-one wakes up and decide to learn Montenegrin, but maybe you can find a niche market.

Anyway, cool product ! I hope you guys make it.

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Re:Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a ... by Hadjimina on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @08:20AM (#39189762)

even though the AI might know some of that language, it will probably not be familiar enough to basically never make a mistake. Another problem is that speech recognition, Text to speech and the translator also need to work in that language.

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Re:Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a ... by dindindin on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:02AM (#39190195)

While it won't be a full-on app, you might want to look into YugoGPT/YugoChat https://www.yugochat.com/en as it was specifically trained on the b/c/s/m languages

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