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Show HN: Language Audio Trainer – Learn languages without looking at the screen

Posted by SalaevAl on Thursday August 20, 2026 @02:17PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://playling.netlify.app/

I recently built a language learning app with a slightly different approach. I deliberately didn't want it to be another Duolingo-like app.I think users should be able to choose what they want to learn and when.The main idea behind Language Audio Trainer is that you can simply press Play and listen to useful phrases in the background with the screen off — while walking, driving, cooking, etc....

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Can't believe Delphi is still actively maintained — and with features like this. Lost track of it years ago. Back in 2003 I wrote a university coursework in it; Pascal was my second language after BASIC. Might be time to take another look, especially with the multi-platform support.

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Same intuition here — until my own path disagreed. Roles via acquaintances were mostly meh; the best ones found me without networking.

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LLMs can help you understand a language, but they can't replace learning the vocabulary. Words and phrases still need to be learned the old-fashioned way: repetition

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This brings back memories. In my city, there were no computers for sale in regular stores in the early 90s. My first computer was a second-hand ZX Spectrum. I still remember how excited I was when I finally got one.