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As an English learner, I realized it would be amazing to have a tool that offers one-tap translations of real-world objects while helping users retain words through quizzes. I decided to build a vocabulary app, effectively solving my own problem.
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Love the camera-to-flashcard idea, super handy for real-world vocab. One thing that would make it stick for me: let me save scans into themed lists or folders so I can build a mini "kitchen words" or "trip to Paris" deck instead of one endless pile. Would also be great if it remembered what I already marked as "known" and hid those from review.
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@kamil295722 thank you Kamil, this is super useful news. Folders for themed decks really makes total sense, right now it's just one pile and that gets messy fast and marking words as known so they stop showing up is definitely something i'll add. i'll take both of these in and get them implemented. The app is launching on the app store soon, i'll ping you when it's live.
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pointed it at my keyboard and it just worked. been struggling to retain english words for a while, the flashcard part actually helps with that
quick question — does it work on text on a screen too? tried a pdf and it felt slow. also any chance of anki export?
10 free scans is a bit low to properly test but looks solid
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pointed my phone at a book spine and it grabbed the word instantly, pronunciation and all. genuinely useful for quick vocab pickup when i don't want to break flow.
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@nazls86733 thanks Nazlı, really glad it clicked for you. That's the exact use case i had in mind when building it. So what language are you learning?
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scanned my book spine and it instantly pulled up the translation and pronunciation, pretty handy for quick vocab grabs. the 10 free scans feels fair to actually test it out.
the camera-first approach makes sense, real objects stick better than flashcard decks of random words. curious how it handles frames where multiple objects are visible at once - does it let you tap the specific thing you want the word for, or does it guess the "main" object in frame? and does it store what you've already scanned so it doesn't keep re-teaching you the same coffee cup every morning?
Love the camera-to-flashcard idea, super handy for real-world vocab. One thing that would make it stick for me: let me save scans into themed lists or folders so I can build a mini "kitchen words" or "trip to Paris" deck instead of one endless pile. Would also be great if it remembered what I already marked as "known" and hid those from review.
@kamil295722 thank you Kamil, this is super useful news. Folders for themed decks really makes total sense, right now it's just one pile and that gets messy fast and marking words as known so they stop showing up is definitely something i'll add. i'll take both of these in and get them implemented. The app is launching on the app store soon, i'll ping you when it's live.
pointed it at my keyboard and it just worked. been struggling to retain english words for a while, the flashcard part actually helps with that
quick question — does it work on text on a screen too? tried a pdf and it felt slow. also any chance of anki export?
10 free scans is a bit low to properly test but looks solid
pointed my phone at a book spine and it grabbed the word instantly, pronunciation and all. genuinely useful for quick vocab pickup when i don't want to break flow.
@nazls86733 thanks Nazlı, really glad it clicked for you. That's the exact use case i had in mind when building it. So what language are you learning?
scanned my book spine and it instantly pulled up the translation and pronunciation, pretty handy for quick vocab grabs. the 10 free scans feels fair to actually test it out.
@alparslanomdi thanks, glad it felt quick and useful
the camera-first approach makes sense, real objects stick better than flashcard decks of random words. curious how it handles frames where multiple objects are visible at once - does it let you tap the specific thing you want the word for, or does it guess the "main" object in frame? and does it store what you've already scanned so it doesn't keep re-teaching you the same coffee cup every morning?
Dograh
Almaz, congrats on TakeWord. Pointing a camera at something in the room instead of typing vocab lists is such a natural way to learn