TheForbinProject
March 20, 2025
Promising app, needs some tweaking
I took German in high-school (many, many years ago) and one of my college majors was German. My step-father was also German and I've spent a bit of time in both Germany & Austria. That said, my German is very rusty, so I grabbed this app. Although I find it promising, there are a few issues for the dev to address. First, please provide an option to disable "tunneling" during locomotion--that is usually a comfort option, but here there's no option to remove it and I find it uncomfortable. Although my German isn't great by any stretch, I do know quite a bit, and using the app's ability to recognize my voice, it misinterpreted my (correct) pronunciation numerous times--even the number "15" (fünfzehn) wasn't recognized correctly. Finally, I am slightly confused about who this app is aimed at since I found no teaching mode. It appears the app is aimed at people who have built their vocabulary and language skills elsewhere as the app doesn't really teach either vocabulary or grammar. Is there a plan to add that?
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