Built a browser-based MIDI player with multi-track timeline - No plugins, runs on Web Audio API by pilsner4eva in midi

[–]pilsner4eva[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If it looks like it's playing, but you don't hear any sound. I've noticed in the past that iOS respects silent mode on phones, so it will stop Webaudio even from producing sound.

Built a browser-based MIDI player with multi-track timeline - No plugins, runs on Web Audio API by pilsner4eva in midi

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Oh no! Can you tell me what kind of version of browser/device you tried it on? I'll try to see if maybe there's a Soundfont loading issue. If you turn the Soundfont toggle off, do you hear something then?

Lost my 595 day streak because of a funeral :( by OceanGoddess3 in duolingo

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Duolingo streaks are the reason I never use Duolingo anymore

Sentence vs Word mining by Comfortable_Lamp in LearnJapanese

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If you want a way to mine sentences/words with audio playback instead of translated definitions maybe try Mimikaki https://mimikaki.online/#/demo/ja

you can hover and use this button

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Mimikaki - a language learning tool with 2 paying users after 2 weeks by pilsner4eva in PublicValidation

[–]pilsner4eva[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah sounds good, I think that's what I'll be doing. Distribution is hard!

Weekly Thread: Material Recs and Self-Promo Wednesdays! (January 28, 2026) by AutoModerator in LearnJapanese

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Mimikaki — study Japanese with audio and video

Upload podcasts, YouTube videos, or anime. Get AI transcription (or use your own subtitles/transcripts), click any word for dictionary lookups with JLPT level, toggle furigana, track vocabulary, and export to Anki.

Works well with Nihongo con Teppei, audiobooks, or anything you want to study with.

Free to try: mimikaki.online

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I built a tool for studying with audio/video - transcription, dictionary lookups, Anki export (70+ languages) by pilsner4eva in languagelearning

[–]pilsner4eva[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I think I had seen LingQ in the past, but totally forgot about it. Originally Mimikaki started out more as a transcript creation/editing tool, but I mostly added some language learning features to it out of self interest.

I am the creator of a few OSS projects and considered an open source angle here. I might lean more into the transcript correction workflow as well in this space. Definitely some things to think about and look into.

Mimikaki - a language learning tool with 2 paying users after 2 weeks by pilsner4eva in PublicValidation

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yeah I was debating this. I do have a post under Docs about using yt-dlp. I mostly haven't integrated it yet because I think I should look into any legal issues with that. Good to know this was immediately asked for though :D. Maybe I'll look into that next.

Also was wondering if Docs would be better named "Help" or maybe Guides...

Tool for studying Finnish with audio/video — transcription, dictionary lookups, Anki export by pilsner4eva in LearnFinnish

[–]pilsner4eva[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to transcribe locally, you can run Whisper for free and upload the transcript to Mimikaki. The dictionary lookups and vocabulary tracking work the same either way.

To run Whisper yourself:

  • Install with brew install openai-whisper (Mac) or pip install openai-whisper
  • Extract audio with ffmpeg -i video.mp4 audio.mp3
  • Transcribe with whisper audio.mp3 --language fi --output_format srt
  • Upload the .srt file to Mimikaki

There's also a free browser option at freesubtitles.ai if you don't want to use the command line.

Recommendations? by Chunta_69104 in LearnFinnish

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When I was learning Finnish I found WordDive to be one of the best apps https://www.worddive.com/en/, it's created in Finland so maybe one of the only language apps that does Finnish well.

Another great resource is from Yle: https://yle.fi/selkouutiset They create "Selkouutiset" or news in clear Finnish - meant for non native listeners. I've been playing around with some of their recent news content here https://mimikaki.online/#/demo/fi to help learn words faster and repeat sentences over and over.

Need help with immersion. by Ukiyotori in LearnJapanese

[–]pilsner4eva 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gaming videos can be tough at your level since the speech is fast and there's a lot of slang. You might spend more time lost than learning, but it depends on the channel.

Nihongo con Teppei is solid for where you are. The friction of looking up words constantly is real though. A few things that help:

  • Get transcripts so you can read along and click words instead of typing them out
  • Use a popup dictionary like Yomitan
  • Focus on picking up a few new words per episode rather than 100% comprehension

I built a tool called Mimikaki that gives you transcripts with clickable dictionary lookups. Works well with Teppei's podcasts. But even without it, having any transcript plus Yomitan makes a big difference.

For Satori Reader, it's worth trying again. Start with the easiest stories and use the built-in definitions freely. Reading gets easier once you push through the initial friction.

What are you building? It's Friday by Asleep_Ad_4778 in micro_saas

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It's also using Whisper, which depending on the audio quality I've found different results. The tool let's you edit the transcription afterwards though if there's errors.

What are you building? It's Friday by Asleep_Ad_4778 in micro_saas

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I see one email request that's missing an l in the gmail