I'm learning Portuguese - and this is great, very easy to work on my pronunciation. Stylewise and functionwise it is sort of similar to Piezo by Rogue Amoeba, but your UI that is so specific to short repeated audio segments it fits the "learn a language" use case very well. I'm definately going to keep playing with it. Super cool!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that it actually seems to be working for its intended purpose. If you keep playing with it, I'd love to hear how useful you find it longer term.
I take the Rogue Amoeba comparison as a compliment, since I like what they do.
I agree on the voice thing. Hearing yourself back is uncomfortable at first, but it’s probably one of the fastest feedback loops you can get for improving speech.
We can hear ourselves when we talk, but what we hear is distorted by our own internal resonance and, I think, by an image of our voice that we want to project. The discomfort comes from the surprise (and horror) that we don't sound how we think we sound. (Yup, I found "voice confrontation" [1] as I was writing this.) We become shy of our voice and lose confidence. But it works like exposure therapy: the more we listen to our own recorded voice, the more familiar it becomes. We learn to accept it. With acceptance we regain confidence. At the same time, we can't improve what we don't measure; "measuring" our voice lets us find ways to improve our speech.
Thanks! Since microphone access requires user interaction and permission, I thought it'd be fun if that interaction was literally plugging in a microphone cable like in real life. Complete with the sounds I recorded for it, I think it turned out rather convincing. I'm glad you liked it :)
I'm learning Portuguese - and this is great, very easy to work on my pronunciation. Stylewise and functionwise it is sort of similar to Piezo by Rogue Amoeba, but your UI that is so specific to short repeated audio segments it fits the "learn a language" use case very well. I'm definately going to keep playing with it. Super cool!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that it actually seems to be working for its intended purpose. If you keep playing with it, I'd love to hear how useful you find it longer term.
I take the Rogue Amoeba comparison as a compliment, since I like what they do.
Wishing you well in your Portuguese studies!
I agree on the voice thing. Hearing yourself back is uncomfortable at first, but it’s probably one of the fastest feedback loops you can get for improving speech.
We can hear ourselves when we talk, but what we hear is distorted by our own internal resonance and, I think, by an image of our voice that we want to project. The discomfort comes from the surprise (and horror) that we don't sound how we think we sound. (Yup, I found "voice confrontation" [1] as I was writing this.) We become shy of our voice and lose confidence. But it works like exposure therapy: the more we listen to our own recorded voice, the more familiar it becomes. We learn to accept it. With acceptance we regain confidence. At the same time, we can't improve what we don't measure; "measuring" our voice lets us find ways to improve our speech.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_confrontation
Anyway, thanks for stopping by! >^.^<
Really enjoyed the aux permissions. Very cool
Thanks! Since microphone access requires user interaction and permission, I thought it'd be fun if that interaction was literally plugging in a microphone cable like in real life. Complete with the sounds I recorded for it, I think it turned out rather convincing. I'm glad you liked it :)
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