Posted on May 18th, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“PlaySay” for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad is a free game that teaches you Spanish by giving you practice with a real person from another country. Listen to a phrase in Spanish, then tap the record button to record yourself repeating it; your Spanish-speaking partner will hear only the English equivalent. When he or she responds, you’ll hear the answer in Spanish, with an English translation.
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Posted on May 24th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
MyGengo.com offers what they think are better translation services than what you get from a computer just translating literally. For five cents a word, you get a native speaker. For 12 cents a word, you get professional translation suitable for publication. For 17 cents a word, you get that plus proofreading.
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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Google’s Fast Flip gives you thumbnail images of a variety of magazines and newspapers. Flip through them to decide what you want to read. Google Goggles (on Android phones only, for now) let you perform a search by submitting a photograph. It then looks through its database of billions of images – including landmarks, logos, places, books, album covers, artwork, etc., to give you info about that photo. Google plans to extend Goggles to computers with the new Chrome operating system, coming in 2010. Coming in 2010: Live Translation: You’re standing on a street corner in Granada, Spain, and you ask a local, in English, “Where’s the nearest Flamenco restaurant?” Your Google Android phone turns the question into Spanish text [...]
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Forget about the Roman alphabet. Your web address can have “.com” in Hindi, Chinese and other non-Roman characters.
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
BBC.co.uk/languages has free language lessons.
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The Oxford English Dictionary, or “OED” as its fans call it, is, by definition, so to speak, the last word in definitions. The printed edition — 20 large volumes in all — sells for $895 a set at OED.com until the end of January.
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Posted on August 14th, 2006 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Hola! This is the best approach to learning Spanish we’ve ever found, short of spending time in another country. Joy spent a lot of time with the new Berlitz Spanish Premier program for Windows and Macintosh because, after all, it was her duty. Then she spent a lot more time because it was so much fun.
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