What is it?
TalkLikeTV is a language learning application I developed to address the limitations I’ve experienced with popular apps like Pimsleur, Babbel, and Duolingo. While these tools offer a solid foundation, I found they often fall short at the intermediate level, where progress tends to plateau.
To overcome these challenges, I created an app that generates Pimsleur-style audio courses from any file the user provides—particularly useful when using subtitles from current TV shows in the target language. This method offers multiple advantages: it exposes users to modern slang, improves comprehension of natural spoken dialogue, and encourages more authentic self-expression. Practicing with these audio files not only boosts understanding of the source material but also provides a more immersive and practical way to advance language skills.
How to use it
- Get a token. Email or message me if you need one.
- Choose the file you want to upload. You can use srt files (subtitles), lyrics, transcripts, etc.
- Parse the file and check it to make sure it is what you are expecting.
- Parsing will split up longer phrases into smaller ones if they contain punctuation.
- If your file contains more than the maximum number of phrases allowed, it will return multiple parsed files of the maximum allowed phrases.
- Choose the voices that you want to learn from here
- Choose the pause in seconds you want between phrases.
- A four-second pause works well if you plan on sitting at a computer and can pause playback.
- Eight to ten seconds works well if stopping playback is not available.
- Choose the pattern you want to learn from.
- Standard works well for most cases.
- Advanced repeats the phrases less and is suitable if you are already beyond an intermediate level.
- Review only repeats the phrases one time.
- After making your parsing your file and making your choices, go to Audio