Lingomio
I have been hoping for about three years to get Lingomio into a state of built, functional, hosted, and accessible.
Back in 2023 I thought this could be a big idea, something I could build and market, that could earn a following and expand over time to be a business, grow features, and even challenge incumbent language learning software (!).
Now that there is no “software moat” and anyone could build Lingomio in a day, the goal is much more humble. This is simply a home-cooked app for me to enjoy, that I can invite friends into if it would be useful to them.
That goal suits its current state which is basic. I’m spending some courage/embarrassment to announce and release even though I’m at perhaps a v0.1:
Anyone can register and log in today. All basic accounts come with 20 LLM explanations per month.
Because “Debí Tirar Más Screenshots”:
Features
- Add glosses/headings/comparisons/mnemonics/usages to organise your language learning.
- Store and sync multiple books across devices.
- Use the parrot 🦜 to break down word-by-word explanations of a Usage block, then save these as Glosses if you want.
- LLM calls are cached in my DB so you’re only debited once for each unique parrot call, even if you don’t save the glosses.
- 20 parrot calls for free per user, and email me to get more…
lingomioat this domain would be good. I could probably expand this a lot cos each call is about 200 tokens including the cached prompt, and the billing is cents per million. I have $2 in credit with DSeek so we’ll see how long that lasts 😊 - Import/Export to/from Langpad.
- Export all your Vocab as plain text to keep in a notes file.
Planned
- Get the parrot to return a full sentence translation as well as word-by-word.
- Drag and Drop
Hoped For
- Better support for more languages (Ruby markup for CJK)
- More imports/exports - Anki/Duolingo/Mass text import/?
- Allow conversion of entire Book to another learning language
- Better onboarding, but also, who cares?
- Quizzing you on book content
- Sharing
Really the goal is to be useful to me. I’ve wanted a sync’d langpad for 3+ years and this visit from foreign relatives was enough of a kick to make it happen. I’ll fix my own papercuts and add my own wants/needs first. No need to be super-product-minded anymore.
Btw, quickly, by way of privacy policy: I will never sell or share your data. Entries you press the Parrot on are sent to DSeek or OpenAI for translation. Your email is not currently used for anything and I will not send any automated marketing mails. I may reach out by hand to email addresses that sign up and show usage. App feature usage is tracked without use of cookies. Your book content is not encrypted at rest. Your password is securely encrypted!
Thanks for reading this, and if you like learning languages, I hope you find Lingomio interesting 💡👨🏫