FrankenTongues (Frankie for short) is a language learning app for more advanced students that works entirely offline and aims to help the student become self-sufficient in their studies (independent of external resources) as quickly as possible.
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It is also an experiment in multi-interface development, allowing rapid development of both front- and back-end features by offering console, TUI, and GUI interface from the same executable. Features are developed first on the command line, then fleshed out in the Tui, along with the back-end features to support them, before finally being deployed in the GUI.
There are times when implementing a new feature seems daunting - when the perceived difficulty of the task at hand hangs so ominously over your future-view that you seriously question whether you’ve got the stamina to get through it. But today I heard the sweet sound of success, literally, and can finally breathe a little easier.
As my Norwegian text skills get better, I’m increasingly annoyed that my acoustic conversational skills are not, but it’s because I still haven’t found a practice method or tool that suits me. So today I’m putting some more concrete thought into what I actually want.
Earlier I mentioned how frustrated I’ve been getting with lag in LingQ when I’m trying to read. It’s one thing to have occasional delays when loading a new lesson to study, but when you’re reading a novel and getting that delay for Every. Single. Sentence. you just want to pull your hair out by the roots.