http://needgap.com Find your customers by the problem you are solving for them. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:01:00 +0000 <div>I recently reviewed couple of no-code platforms to recommend to a friend and learnt that even major platforms lack in localization[<a href="https://adalo.canny.io/feature-requests/p/support-for-multiple-languages">1</a>][<a href="https://docs.glideapps.com/all/etc/faq/localization">2</a>] both in the apps built through them and as a platform themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>Lack of localization seems like a major de-limiter to anyone who wishes to build apps for regional audience using these no-code platforms.<br></div><br> 3 points posted by Abishek Muthian /problems/333-localization-for-no-code-platforms-language-nocode 333 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 14:03:00 +0000 Learning and speaking a foreign language is easier when compared to mastering the accent of a native speaker. Many, who have thought to have mastery of a foreign language have found that the native speaker of that language don't understand them due to the accent.<div><br></div><div>Accent is the manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location or nation. Mastering the accent of the native speaker, reduces the friction in the communication between a native and non-native speaker of the same language.</div><div><br></div><div>There are numerous intuitive ways to learn foreign languages now a days, including mobile apps; but none I know of provides the native accent of a word or sentence in my own voice. I feel learning a language with native accent in our own voice would offer much more complete experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Hence, there is a need gap for a service which takes in our voice and plays back audio of a word or sentence in a language and accent of our choosing. Please do share your experiences on this problem and possible solutions.</div> 5 points posted by Abishek Muthian /problems/8-realtime-accent-changer-without-changing-voice-language-education 8 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:02:00 +0000 <div>When I'm watching a movie and If I don't understand a word I pause the movie and look up the word in the dictionary to understand that word. Streaming services like Amazon Prime show details about that particular scene when paused like&nbsp; Cast, Trivia etc. in their X-Ray feature but not synonyms or thesaurus for the dialogue.</div><div><br></div><div>Say I'm watching a video and press a special key e.g. 'S' and Synonyms pop up for the words in the dialogue sentence except basic grammar. It's not like every word in the sentence requires synonyms, there will be usually couple of hard words in a dialogue depending upon the movie.</div><div><br></div><div>I feel this is a great way to learn language, Me and my friends improved our English language skills by watching Hollywood movies and I'm sure there are many like us around the world.<br></div> 3 points posted by Jonas /problems/201-show-meaning-of-words-in-a-video-language-movie 201 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:05:00 +0000 I'm trying to improve my vocabulary to sound sophisticated when I speak and write emails. There are several tools which helps me to learn a new word every day, but since it's out of context I usually forget most of them.<div><br></div><div>I was wondering that it would be nice if I can learn better vocabulary while doing routine tasks like browsing the web, but most of the web articles use dumbed-down vocabulary for the benefit of general audience and so I'm not learning any new words.</div><div><br></div><div>Have any of you faced this situation? How can this be solved?</div> 3 points posted by Jonas /problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without-spending-extra-time-language-education 169 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:37:00 +0000 <div>We can read server different types of content on Kindle apart from the books, nowadays even newsletters can be sent to the kindle. But kindle is lacking a urban dictionary to explore words from such content.</div><div><br></div><div>Fortunately dictionaries can easily be loaded onto a kindle and all that is required is to create an urban dictionary in e-book format. I couldn't find anything like that as of now.<br></div> 1 points posted by Luke /problems/271-uban-dictionary-for-kindle-language-reading 271 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 05:01:00 +0000 It's very time-consuming for me to search for language-learning resources. <div><br></div><div>And when I do find one, it turned out to be a low quality and half-baked content. It's demoralizing. </div><div><br></div><div>Most sites that are listing resources are filled with affiliate links and advertisements. Some aren't even genuine.</div><div><br></div><div>It's difficult to learn a language seriously when there is no syllabus or even a guide to help me chart my way in learning a language.</div> 1 points posted by yusuf /problems/270-low-quality-language-learning-resources-language-education 270 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:13:00 +0000