LinguaLibre

Apps


Applications gather notable external applications using LinguaLibre-produced audios. This includes web applications, mobile applications, and reuses.

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Wiktionaries (multiple)

Occitan Gascon - French dictionary

Lingua Libre SignIt extension (French to LSF)

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Cat Is Smart (Chinese)

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  • Description: A multimedia, bilingual Chinese-English dictionary and adaptative learning system to learn Chinese.
    • Linguistic community: author.
    • Languages: Chinese.
    • Year: 2015
  • Technology: responsive web application.
    • Code: JS
    • Data: Chinese audio / Chinese word / pinyin / (pos) English .
    • Data sources: audio from Lingualibre, lexicographical data from hsk sources.
    • Repository: https://github.com/hugolpz/Cat-is-smart
    • Developer model: single author,l
    • License: MIT License.
  • Contact:


ChinoisSansFrontière.tw (Chinese)

  • Description: A multimedia, bilingual Chinese-French manual to learn traditional Chinese.
    • Linguistic community: author.
    • Languages: Chinese, French.
    • Year: 2021
  • Technology: responsive web application.
    • Code: JS
    • Data: Chinese texts, sentences, words, their pinyin, audio pronunciation and French.
    • Data sources: audio from Lingualibre, lexicographical data from author (Hugo Lopez).
    • Repository: https://github.com/hugolpz/csf
    • Developer model: single author.
    • License: Copyrighted.
  • Contact:

OpenEdx-hanzi (Chinese)

OpenEdXHanzi, an interactive Chinese dictionary and writing exercise using Lingua Libre recordings. Coded in HTML/CSS/JS by Yug and under open source (MIT license). Github, Online Web App.
Interface and use
Lexical information: click the sinogram for the correct order and audio; pinyin pronunciation, definition, composition, etymology; sharing links.
Writing pad: white area for practicing writing, an error will be followed by the correct suggestion.
Writing/Audio: click to play correct writing order and audio.
Audio: click to play audio.
Erase: click to erase the writing pad.
Colored sinograms: your level of mastery of a sinogram is saved in your browser.
- red: uncontrolled writing,
- green: controlled writing.
  • Description: A multimedia, bilingual Chinese-French application to learn how to write the most common Chinese characters.
    • Linguistic community: Hugo Lopez.
    • Languages: Chinese, French.
    • Year: 2018
  • Technology: responsive application.
    • Code: JS
    • Data: Chinese audio / Chinese word / pinyin / (pos) English .
    • Data sources: audio from Lingualibre.
    • Repository: https://github.com/hugolpz/OpenEdX-hanzi
    • Developer model: single author, initially paid, volunteer maintenance.
    • License: MIT License.
  • Contact:

AlphaTiles (multiple)

  • Description: A flashcards, images based mobile application to study words of various minority languages
    • Linguistic community: mostly Americas.
    • Languages: various.
    • Year: ?
  • Technology: mobile application.
    • Code: JAVA
    • Data: L1 word, L1 image, L2 word, L2 audio.
    • Repository: https://github.com/AlphaTiles
    • Developer model: core team (90%), open source contributors (<10%).
    • License: MIT License, SIL authorship.
  • Contact:

Anki plugin

Paires Minimales

A website for browsing minimal pairs in French, based on the French Wiktionary and Lingua Libre pronunciations (via Commons' API).
https://pairesminimales.herokuapp.com/

Ladino translation and text-to-speech

Not using Lingualibre, but a vivid example of what we could do: machine learning-based text-to-speech.

GoldenDict

VueJS records checker

VueJS recordings checker.

Yomitan web extension

Following User:Bicolino34's idea and github ticket, then a week of collaborative discussions and coding (User:Yug), #LinguaLibre audio resources are getting integrated into the popular web extension dictionary #Yomitan.[1] Yomitan is an rich, extensive dictionary used by 20,000+ Chrome and Firefox users. It also has #Anki integration. cc @Wikimedia_Fr


Names of the Land interactive map

Following recording of toponyms in endangered whistled Occitan, User:Yug and {2nd engineer} pushed toward this extreme field linguistic interactive map. This interactive map leverages and combines several notorious collaborative open content projects, namely: OSM, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Lingualibre. Thank to URFIST Occitanie for supporting this project and c:User:Univòc64 for leading the 1,000s recordings.

2024 Shiular d'Aas exhibition with the interactive map visible, Anglet, France.
  • Description: Interactive map hosted on Github page, which can therefore be embedded into 3rd party websites. Easy to hack to other languages.
    • Linguistic community: Occitan, Whistled Occitan.
    • Languages: neutral (nearly no labels).
    • Year: 2024
  • Technology:
    • Code: basic JS, VueJS, leaflet.js, github.
    • Data type: L1 word ; audios.
    • Data sources: Wikidata (toponyms labels and geocoordinates), Lingualibre (audio recording), Wikimedia Commons (audio files)
    • Repository: https://github.com/hugolpz/NamesOfTheLand/
    • Developer model: open source, one week coding sprint
    • License: MIT
  • Contact: user:Yug
  • Install:
    • for default language → use iframe
    • to adapt to your language → replicate[2] recording protocol, fork repository, hack the JS code (very easy).

Other projects

See also

Lingua Libre Help pages
General help pages Help:InterfaceHelp:Your first recordHelp:Choosing a microphoneHelp:Configure your microphoneHelp:TranslateHelp:LangtagsLinguaLibre:Language codes systems used across LinguaLibreLinguaLibre:List of languages
Linguistic help pages Help:Add a new languageHelp:HomographsHelp:List translationHelp:Ethics
Lists help pages Help:Create your own listsHelp:How to create a frequency list?Help:Why wordlists matter?Help:Swadesh listsHelp:ListsHelp:Create a new generator
Events, Outreach Lingualibre:EventsLingualibre:RolesLingualibre:WorkshopsLingualibre:HackathonLingualibre:Interested communitiesLingualibre:Events/2022 Public Relations CampaignLingualibre:MailingLingualibre:JargonLingualibre:AppsLingualibre:CitationsService civique 2022-2023
Strategy Lingualibre 2022 Review (including outreach)2022-2023 Lingualibre wishlist • {{Wikimedia Language Diversity/Projects}} • Speakers map • Voices gender • StatsLingua Libre SignIt/2022 report • {{Grants}}