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salpalpableon Show HN: Learn a language quickly by practising speaking with AI

I was able to have a conversation in Mandarin, a language I have yet to utter a single word to a native speaker in since I'm self conscious about my accent. Really cool :)

If I had a suggestion, it would be to add a button by each line up have the TTS repeat saying aloud the sentence. Might be useful for Chinese/Japanese

salpalpableon NaTakallam – High-quality language services and courses delivered by refugees

According to the FAQ, at the 16$/hr bundle rate, tutors are only seeing about 10. Italki takes about a 15% cut, so I'm curious what the justification for the over double commission rate is, especially given the vulnerable population.

salpalpableon Show HN: Kozmos – A Personal Library

What's the trick to getting search to work on non-webpages? I couldn't find any keywords that would pull up PDFs, including elements of their bookmark name.