LAOS — The mandarin learning companion

LAOS is your companion to lear mandarin! It not only offers an elegant pop-up translator but also a personal dictionary and various exercises (such as memory cards, list writing, fill sentences…) All of these, bundled in a minimalist and modern-looking environment for a colourful and engaging learning experience. 🔥NEW !!! You can now scan subtitles from your favorites VLOGS with the LAOS Image recognition tool ! (ALT+S) ⚡️HIGHLIGHTS ⚡️ - Translate and look-up more that 110 000 mandarin words while browsing the web and reading mandarin. - Add countless words to your personal dictionary on a single touch - Choose up to 4 types of exercises and display modes to learn and play with your own list of words, at your own pace. - Look for words examples and usage on Tatoeba.org - Access the main settings just by clicking the LAOS icon - A notification system allows you to learn passively while you’re doing other tasks or simply browsing the web. - Scan and look-up words from your favorites videos 🛠 HOW TO USE 🛠 - Simply point at mandarin words to pop-up the translator - Click on the words to display the Pinyin bubble below it - Press R if you wish to save it to your personal dictionary - Press alt + T to see examples and usage on Tatoeba.org - Press alt + E to open the LAOS center where your dictionary and the exercises await. (The LAOS center can also be accessed by clicking the LAOS icon via the button OPEN LAOS) - In the LAOS center, choose between the 4 exercises modes on the left bar - Press alt + S to start the LAOS Image recognition tool to look-up words from your favorites videos 🚀 FEATURES 🚀 - A user-friendly and refined interface, aiming for the essential while avoiding austerity - Switch between simplified or traditional - Color scheme for tones for an easier memorisation and better distinction - Easy access to main settings - Zhuyin (Bopomofo) support - In-app help bubble - Dark mode available - Notification system displaying a random word from your list every 10 or 20 minutes - Switch between 4 display modes and exercises (table, flashcard, big display and fill sentences) - Many options are available in each modes for an efficient end customised learning - OCR image recognition technology to scan subtitles from videos 🌿 TO COME 🌿 - Better gamification (score system, eye-candy animations…) - A progress panel made of stats and graphs, displaying your improvement over time - Exporting your list under many formats such as pdf, xls(x) or txt - More advanced settings - A side panel allowing the user to remove words without having to switch to the LAOS center - Bug fixes LAOS is young, but full of ambition: many more features are coming ! 🌟