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Language REACTOR logo
Language REACTOR
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser extension that adds dual subtitles and click-to-lookup to Netflix and YouTube for learning languages.

1.7M visits/mo
Talkio AI logo
Talkio AI
✓ verifiedFree trial

AI speaking-practice app pairing learners with voice tutors for pronunciation feedback across 70 languages.

200K visits/mo
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Hallo
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AI platform that scores speaking, writing, reading and listening in 80+ languages for pre-hire language screening.

178K visits/mo
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Semantic Scholar
✓ verifiedFree

Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.

7.9M visits/mo13K saves
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Free trial available

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No public pricing

Core features
  • Dual subtitles on Netflix and YouTube
  • Click-to-lookup word translations
  • Saveable vocabulary items
  • Playback controls for language study
  • Works as a browser extension
  • Voice conversations with 400+ AI tutor personalities
  • Word-by-word pronunciation assessment
  • Instant feedback on speaking accuracy and fluency
  • Support for 70 languages and 122 dialects
  • Interactive wordbook for vocabulary review
  • Crosstalk mode mixing native and target language
  • Progress tracking with streaks and weekly reports
  • Scenario-based, open-response speaking and writing tests
  • CEFR score reports with skill-level feedback
  • Pronunciation and accent evaluation
  • Coverage of 80+ languages
  • Proctoring and cheating-prevention controls
  • Admin dashboard with shareable results
  • White labeling and multi-factor authentication
  • AI-powered semantic search across 236M+ papers
  • Semantic Reader for augmented, contextual paper reading
  • Free public API for paper search and metadata
  • Author and topic discovery
  • Citation graph exploration
  • Beta program for new features
Use cases
  • Learn a language while watching shows
  • Look up and save new words from video
  • Study with dual subtitles
  • Learners wanting realistic spoken conversation practice
  • Students preparing for oral proficiency in a new language
  • Business or institutional language training programs
  • Self-learners wanting pronunciation feedback without a tutor
  • Pre-employment language screening
  • BPO and customer-service hiring
  • HR and placement testing
  • Learning-and-development assessment
  • Enterprise global hiring
  • Researchers searching scientific literature across disciplines
  • Developers building applications on top of scholarly data via the API
  • Students exploring citation networks for a topic
  • Librarians and academics needing free literature discovery tools
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