I just stumbled across LangX which has been amazing since I’ve been so dissatisfied with HelloTalk. I started using HelloTalk before I knew anything about user data privacy or open source software. Now that I’ve gained some technological insight, proprietary ad-driven software feels gross.
Anyhoo, LangX seems to have a generous free tier and their annual subscription is honestly not that expensive compared to other languages learning programs out there.
It is new enough that the user base is small, but it reminds me of Lemmy where the best thing people could offer it is participation. I’m usually a lurker, but I wanted to share because I enjoy learning Spanish, I enjoy open source software, and I want others to try it too!
- p.s. I am not affiliated with LangX whatsoever and this genuinely what I wanted to write.
When I joined mine I literally just googled "'language I was learning' learning Discord". Found an invite link very quickly, and joined.
On ours we have a bot that will privately translate messages for you. I don't know if they all do but I know at least a few do because I've shared the code with other servers.
Oh that’s neat, it doesn’t seem like this one has that bot, but I literally just joined it so I haven’t explored too much of it.
Can always suggest it to the moderators. It's been incredibly useful I found on ours.