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Migaku
✓ verifiedFree trial

Immersion-based language learning toolkit that turns Netflix, YouTube, and web content into study material via a browser extension and apps.

11K saves
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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
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SPEAKPAL
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI language tutor offering role-play conversations, pronunciation coaching and instant grammar correction across 30+ languages.

193K visits/mo16K saves
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Free trial available

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Core features
  • Chrome extension for immersive study on real sites
  • Netflix and YouTube subtitle learning
  • Spaced-repetition memory system
  • Built-in dictionaries and grammar reference
  • iOS and Android apps
  • Support for 12+ languages
  • 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
  • Real-life role-play conversation practice
  • AI pronunciation coaching for accent and rhythm
  • Real-time grammar correction during chats
  • Adaptive tutoring based on skill level
  • Downloadable course and audio materials
  • AI-generated, QR-verifiable proficiency certificates
Use cases
  • Learn a language through native media
  • Study vocabulary with spaced repetition
  • Turn videos and articles into lessons
  • Progress toward proficiency exams like JLPT
  • 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
  • Practicing job interview or travel conversations in a new language
  • Getting pronunciation feedback without a live tutor
  • Preparing for language proficiency verification
  • Supervised language practice for teen learners
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