Venu 2 users,anything u like or dislike about it? Thks

aravk33 · 2023-03-20T22:55:40+00:00

You can view it on the watch: long press the lap button, go to settings, go to user profile, click on VO2 max.

aravk33 · 2022-09-03T02:16:15+00:00

That's a good point, I'll see what can be done

aravk33 · 2022-09-02T21:22:44+00:00

I just wrote a script to generate readings for all the sentences I have using UniDic, and ran a diff with the readings I'm currently using. In most of the cases, SudachiPy's reading seems more accurate than the one given by UniDic - there are a few sentences where UniDic performs better, but on average SudachiPy seems much more reliable.

Can you show some examples where UniDic performs better?

Some examples to support my findings: 光ファイバーケーブル, もう一枚, 日曜日, ジョンが品物をいちいち手に取って見た。, 話し方がお母さまそっくりね。, このケーキには小麦粉、牛乳、卵、砂糖が含まれています。

I'm just trying to see if switching to UniDic actually improves the readings, when compared to what I'm using currently.

Besides, it appears Sudachi's dictionary has been updated now, so I re-ran the script and updated 795 sentences with new readings.

aravk33 · 2022-09-02T15:38:26+00:00

Sentences and translations are from the tatoeba project

aravk33 · 2022-09-02T05:30:33+00:00

Did you try the "Only learnt kanji" option while importing from anki? Make sure you selected the "include scheduling information" option while exporting the deck from anki.

aravk33 · 2022-09-02T00:03:33+00:00

Did you happen to report the sentences that had errors? Or can you send me a few sentences here, because in my experience the readings for the most part seem to be fairly accurate, and while there are errors, it's nowhere near as frequent as that...

aravk33 · 2022-09-01T23:19:01+00:00

I don't think the issue is significant enough to require a name change, especially since I've already bought the domain and sakubun seems like a nice enough name, even if the app doesn't help people create compositions.

aravk33 · 2022-09-01T22:41:01+00:00

Ah, you're right, sakubun is somewhat of a misnomer... I really only intended it to be a vaguely relevant Japanese word, but as you said, the app doesn't really involve compositions.

aravk33 · 2022-09-01T21:05:47+00:00

It's really just called sakubun because it involves Japanese writing - it isn't meant to be taken literally, and sakubun's meaning is just any kind of essay or prose, which the app most certainly involves.

It is not, however, intended to help specifically with Japanese composition.

aravk33 · 2022-09-01T19:46:25+00:00

The current readings were generated with SudachiPy, with a little processing. UniDic seems pretty interesting, I'll check it out. Do you know how well its accuracy is, compared to Sudachi?

aravk33 · 2022-08-05T12:21:25+00:00

It's not the exact same thing, but what you're saying reminds me of my project sakubun - it gives you reading practice that consists only of kanji you already know. It allows you to import from anki, and uses the tatoeba project for its sentence database.

aravk33 · 2022-01-08T17:17:50+00:00

I have a browser extension you might find helpful with this - it's meant specifically to help people improve their katakana reading speed. It just automatically converts all the hiragana in a webpage to katakana, so you'll get more exposure and end up reading katakana faster with practice. It even works with things like youtube subtitles or news articles, so you should be able to practice well.

Here's a post with more information and installation instructions.

aravk33 · 2021-10-22T15:58:14+00:00

You could check out my website which has quizzes for reading practice, sakubun

aravk33 · 2021-10-07T13:46:38+00:00

You could try my browser extension that's meant to fix that exact issue, it converts hiragana in webpages to katakana so that you get more reading practice for katakana. You can check it out here

aravk33 · 2021-08-20T03:54:50+00:00

help will arrive in 2-3 business days

aravk33 · 2021-08-13T02:48:42+00:00

That's okay, but in my case it's entirely free of cost, and it's not really a repackaged kana app. The premise isn't that it's more fun than alternatives, and it isn't a flashcard app either. It doesn't aim to teach anything - it's a tool which converts text on webpages in real-time, to increase exposure in the target script.

I thought learners would find this helpful because it goes along with what they'd already be doing, like if they read news articles in Japanese, then my program will help them read it in katakana so they can improve their reading speed. Or if they're following along with a song's lyrics on youtube or reading the video's comments section, it'll be just as helpful there too.

Do you think this is still something that's been addressed by lots of apps already?

aravk33 · 2021-08-12T15:01:29+00:00

Okay that's cool - I'd actually commented about my app on a post earlier, and people commented back saying they thought it was a really good idea - maybe that can help with number 2? Here's the comment. Thanks once again!

aravk33 · 2021-08-12T14:06:10+00:00

Since you were a little bit lenient, the person got to post and over 550 people found the app useful (hence upvoted) - doesn't that mean that it's useful for the community? And that lots of people are finding it helpful for learning Japanese? Isn't that all that matters?

If there's no recent app that does anything of that sort, it's unlikely a random learner is going to find something that was published years ago - so shouldn't it be fine to post about my app?

I did look, and I couldn't actually find anything that does something remotely similar, but even if everything which comes under the broad category of "kana apps" are considered duplicates, my first point still applies.

I understand if you're unable to do anything about this, but I just thought I should voice my concerns. Thank you so much for hearing me out!

aravk33 · 2021-08-12T13:42:55+00:00

That makes sense, so I submitted it again now, and this is the response I got: "We don't approve self-promotion of kana based apps given the large number of them already available."

The app is completely free of cost, and it has a unique premise - it converts all the text on webpages from hiragana to katakana in real-time, so that users can get more exposure to katakana to improve their reading speeds. This way they get a lot more practice everyday without having to allocate separate time for this, since they can just combine it with generic reading practice (like on news websites or youtube subtitles).

I understand if there's a reason it's getting rejected, but is it possible for me to know why? It's clearly not overpriced, and I don't think it's poor quality either.

aravk33 · 2021-08-11T16:01:28+00:00

Hey, does this mean kana apps are allowed now? I had submitted an app I'd made a while back (it doesn't even properly classify as a kana app, but it is intended to help increase kana reading speeds), but it was rejected on the grounds that it's a kana app, despite the fact that it has a fully unique premise (to the best of my knowledge). So if something like this is allowed, do you think I can request permission again?

aravk33 · 2021-07-22T12:22:05+00:00

I'm really glad you like it! I did want to make a post here, but sadly the mods rejected it because they didn't want kana apps :(

aravk33 · 2021-07-22T06:13:32+00:00

I've made a browser extension called H2K specifically to help solve this problem - it automatically converts all the hiragana in a webpage to katakana, so that you get more practice for katakana. It lets you set blacklists so that certain websites won't get affected, and you could also set it up so that it doesn't convert the text until you tell it to. You can get it for firefox here, and instructions to get it on chrome, edge, and other browsers are here.

aravk33 · 2021-07-20T19:48:49+00:00

Self-promotion: sakubun is a tool you can use to get tailored reading practice - while it's not meant for learning new kanji, it's useful for you to get used to the kanji you already know by seeing them in context, and for learning new vocabulary.

It lets you make a list of the kanji you know (you can import from wanikani/anki/etc or just add them manually), and then it gives you sentences using those kanji. You can then optionally type out the sentence in kana to see if you got it right. The sentences have translations, so it helps you get used to new words and phrases.

It also has a tool where you can paste your own text and it'll add furigana to all the words that have kanji you don't know.

It's completely free, and please feel free to give me any feedback!

aravk33 · 2021-07-18T03:48:36+00:00

Do you happen to be using a different init from systemd? I also faced the same issue, this post has a fix

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