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Canary
Learn languages with music, practice with people
746 followers
Learn languages with music, practice with people
746 followers
Canary is a language learning app powered by music. Pick a song, see real-time translations, save words to your vocabulary list, sing karaoke to practice pronunciation, take quizzes on songs, and practice with others!
Very cool @bengue_z . I am hoping to become fluent in Spanish this year and also play guitar and love music, so this seems like a great and super fun way to learn. I am going to sign up today. Will let you know my thoughts! =).
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@johnston please do! And I also want to learn spanish this year haha
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Music was how I picked up half my Spanish (shoutout to old Shakira). Real-time lyrics + quizzes sounds fun. Curious how you handle song rights and accents in karaoke? I’ll give the beta a spin tonight. Could be great for my rusty French.
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@alexcloudstar hahah Love that yes Shakira is the best Spanish teacher.
On rights: we don’t host or distribute music files. We rely on YouTube videos for playback and build the learning experience (lyrics, quizzes, karaoke) around that, so we’re careful with licensing.
On accents: karaoke is currently about active practice, singing, recording yourself, and mimicking native cadence. We don’t score accents with AI yet, but pronunciation feedback is on our roadmap.
Hope you enjoy the beta! Let me know if you have any feedback!
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can you import any song from YouTube or is there a limited selection? Also, will the app eventually give feedback on grammar in addition to pronunciation?
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@haiqa_irfan You can search any song on YouTube and import it directly in the app :)
For feedback: today we focus mainly on pronunciation through karaoke and repetition. Grammar feedback is on the roadmap tho!
Most language apps assume motivation comes from streaks or goals, but music already carries context, repetition, and feeling, which is usually how phrases actually stick in real life.
Great product team!
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@frank_li13 Thank you Frank! Appreciate it
Canary frontend developer here 👋🏻
I’ll be honest - when I first joined the team as a developer, I didn’t fully understand this product. I was there to do the work.
Over time, though, it grew on me. My wife immediately connected with the idea though, saying how she could easily learn anything through music - and that’s when it clicked for me too.
I’ve always wanted to learn Spanish, and through Canary I’ve already picked up real words and phrases just by engaging with songs I actually enjoy.
That being said, I think Canary makes language learning fit into something people already do every day: listening to music.
I'm excited to see how Canary evolves
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@samuel_kings love to have you on board Samuel!
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I like that this didn’t start as a startup idea, but as something people genuinely enjoyed. Those usually turn into the best products.
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@abod_rehman Thanks Abdul - yes hopefully it will turn into something people love using !
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The karaoke feature is a genius hook. Singing forces you to mimic the native cadence. 🎤 Regarding the pronunciation practice: does the app just play the lyrics, or is there an AI scoring layer that listens to my voice and tells me if my accent is off?
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@yoang_loo Yesss that’s exactly how I see it, it’s way more fun to work on pronunciation by singing than by just repeating sentences.
And good call yes AI feedback is definitely on our roadmap. It’s a bit more challenging with singing recordings, but not impossible.