Wordy - Learn languages from real movie and TV clips with quizzes
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Ever wished you could learn a language just by watching your favorite shows? With Wordy, you can.
Watch short clips from real movies and TV series, then test what you picked up with built-in quizzes. Every word you encounter is tracked automatically, so your vocabulary grows with every clip you watch.
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Wishing you good luck with this idea. Anything educational has my support :)
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@busmark_w_nika Thanks, Nika! :))
Same here.
I started watching The Sopranos in English and I’m pausing every few minutes. The slang, Italian expressions, the cultural references… it’s not textbook English 😅
Using real movie scenes to learn just makes more sense. That’s the actual pain point.
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@rmilyushkevich Haha The Sopranos is honestly next level even for native speakers 😂 But yeah that's the exact frustration that started all of this. Glad it clicks!
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Hi @sandor_bogyo, what languages are available?
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@diegodau Hey Diego! Right now we support 20+ languages including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and a bunch more. You can check the full list in the app, just hit the language selector on the home screen. What language are you thinking about?
What is the difference between first launch and this launch?
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@wei_yan4 Great question! A lot has changed since the first launch.
Back then, Wordy was mainly a subtitle streaming tool, you'd connect it to Netflix or other platforms and get real-time translations while watching. It was useful, but pretty niche.
Since then, I've completely rebuilt the app around short movie and TV clips with a structured learning path, similar to how Duolingo works but with real video content instead of cartoons. Now there's a full learning journey, from beginner to advanced with quizzes, spaced repetition, and vocabulary tracking built in. So it's no longer just a tool for advanced learners who already watch foreign content; it helps complete beginners get started too. Basically it went from "subtitle overlay for streamers" → "full language learning platform powered by real movie clips." :))
Interesting twist for a language learning app, congrats on the idea and the product!
What are the next features/aspects you want to focus on after this launch?
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@andreitudor14 Right now the biggest focus is content, adding more clips and covering more levels, especially for beginners. I'm also working on a streak system and better progress tracking so people can see how far they've come. And the Chrome extension needs some love too, want to make it work more smoothly with streaming sites. Lots to do honestly 😅
that's actually a very nice idea. it makes learning languages very easy and entertaining. this motivates to keep on learning the new language.
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@phirabu Thanks Philipp! That's exactly the thinking behind it, if learning feels like entertainment, you actually stick with it. Glad it resonates!
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@linapisom Appreciate that! Yeah exactly, kids learn their first language just from hearing it around them. Wordy tries to bring that same idea to a second language, learn from real speech, not textbook sentences.
Great product! Good luck!
Why focusing on movies and TV shows? Why not just use AI generated videos so it is easier to customize the levels/domains, etc
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@tensortoad Good question! I actually thought about this a lot. The thing is, AI-generated content still sounds... off. Even the best TTS can't match how a real actor delivers a line with emotion, slang, mumbling, talking over each other, all the stuff that makes real listening hard. That's exactly what you need to get used to if you want to understand people in real life. Plus there's a motivation factor, learning from a scene you recognize from Breaking Bad or Amélie just hits different than watching an AI avatar read a script 😄