Thehardway
A desktop workstation that turns books, web pages, podcasts and audio into multimedia notes and flashcards for language fluency
The product is a desktop learning workstation that helps language learners turn books, web pages, podcasts and audio into multimedia notes and flashcards for fluency. It is for individual consumers learning languages independently who want to build and manage their own materials. It is positioned as a private, local-first, distraction-free desktop tool that uses spaced repetition, human-created content and science-based deliberate practice instead of gamified mobile apps.
Key features
- Create multimedia notes with text, audio, images
- Link notes with [[ links ]] and # tags
- Highlight text to spawn enriched flashcards
- Add human and AI translations
- Add native pronunciation and definitions
- Add examples, synonyms and links
- Clip audio files into flashcards
- Tag flashcards with smart tags
- Spaced repetition engine for language acquisition
- One-click reschedule for piled cards
- Type or record answers and compare
- Organize multiple languages separately
- View comprehensive progress stats
- Private local-first content storage