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Language REACTOR
✓ verifiedFreemium

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

1.7M visits/mo
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Talkpal
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI language coach offering conversational practice with real-time feedback across 130+ languages.

1.5M visits/mo9.9K saves
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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
2.4M visits/mo

Plant identification app with a 17,000+ species database plus care schedules, disease ID and botanist Q&A for home gardeners.

1.2M visits/mo
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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
  • Conversational practice with AI tutors
  • Real-time personalized feedback and corrections
  • Dialogue, sentence, word, call, photo, and debate modes
  • Voice interaction with natural AI voices
  • Grammar courses and language certificates
  • 130+ languages on web, iOS, and Android
  • 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
  • Video lessons
  • Revision notes
  • Quizzes
  • Flashcards
  • Exam-style questions
  • Past papers
  • Photo-based plant identification
  • Database of 17,000+ species
  • Disease and pest identification
  • Personalized watering and care schedules
  • Ask-the-Botanist expert answers
  • Customizable plant lists and reminders
Use cases
  • Learn a language while watching shows
  • Look up and save new words from video
  • Study with dual subtitles
  • Self-learners practicing conversational fluency
  • Business teams training employees in new languages
  • Students supplementing classroom language education
  • 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
  • Preparing for Maths and Science exams at KS3, GCSE, and A-Level.
  • Identify an unknown houseplant or flower
  • Diagnose plant diseases and pests
  • Set up a watering and care routine
  • Learn care specifics for a species
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