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    Thread: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group
Post: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group

Here's another person with experience in using Harry Potter to warn you. I L-R'd each of the first two HP books in Japanese at least 10 times and although I can understand almost everything I hear by ...
digitlhand Group study 50 25,239 2012-03-03, 8:47 am
    Thread: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?
Post: "Learning With Texts" software + Japanese?

Arcturus_Red Wrote:Any advice for a simple-minded Windows user? Typing mecab <arguments> in a Windows command line doesn't do anything (duh). Tried using cacawate-san's script, but python doesn'...
digitlhand Learning resources 52 27,777 2012-02-12, 8:40 pm
    Thread: Studying two languages simultaneously.
Post: Studying two languages simultaneously.

No need to worry about getting mixed up while studying multiple languages at a time. I am studying Japanese right now, so it takes up most of my day. Besides that, I study Latin, Polish/Czech and Finn...
digitlhand Off topic 16 5,237 2011-07-02, 10:20 am
    Thread: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, iPodTouch, iPad)
Post: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, ...

What perfect timing... I'm in!
digitlhand Learning resources 89 52,990 2011-03-23, 3:18 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Hi everyone, I want to apologize for the lack of updates. I have posted a new entry on my blog, for those interested in catching up with my progress in L-R with Japanese. Ryan's LR-Blog For those ...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2011-03-13, 1:44 am
    Thread: Could we make a Buy/Sell/Trade section?
Post: Could we make a Buy/Sell/Trade section?

Yes a buy and trade section would be awesome. I've been wanting to buy some television shows in Japanese; however, I know I'll only watch them once through and never again. I'm one of those people tha...
digitlhand General discussion 11 1,947 2010-09-25, 10:18 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Vaste Wrote:How's it going for people? Are you still doing L-R? Are you seeing any progress? Quick reply here, yes progress is excellent! I tested watching an episode of Lost and understood a majority...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-08-18, 12:41 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

@captal, Sorry for the lack of updates, will try to make sure to post tonight.
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-08-14, 9:17 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Lyulf Wrote:Digithand how have you fared so far? @Lyulf, I've been on it, I've just been reading up on and trying out Lucid dreaming, so it's taken my time away from logging on here and reporting my p...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-08-10, 12:52 pm
    Thread: Buying and Selling Media
Post: Buying and Selling Media

Is there a good place, especially for those who live in the US, to sell and buy Asian media, perhaps something like eBay but focused on Asian media? I just finished some DVDs that I won't watch again ...
digitlhand General discussion 2 676 2010-08-02, 11:51 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Listening-Reading completed this week: French: 1 hours of L1 Reading L2 Listening Japanese: 4 hours of L1 Reading L2 Listening; 20 hours of L2 listening French I'm sad to say that I only completed a...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-08-01, 9:17 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

haplology, the public library in LA has many copies of the text as well.
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-27, 4:48 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Quote:I will never again listen to the Harry vs. Quirrell fight. Voldermorts voice is just so awful. Haha, I think it's brilliant! Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if one only listened to it once and I'm...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-26, 11:49 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I've decided to skip the text2speech method... I heard many errors in intonation of words that I know I should of been expecting... I'm going to move on to "I am a Cat" later this week. I'll be back w...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-26, 12:52 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Lyulf Wrote:If you are learning new vocab at a good pace just keep going. If the method is working for you why stop. I would keep going until you stop learning new words, or you learn new words at a p...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-26, 12:49 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

masaman Wrote:Care to check the size of your vocabulary? http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/mtg/goitokusei/goi-test.html Mac users may need to switch your browser's Text encoding to Japanese - ISO2022-JP. Tha...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-26, 12:45 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Lyulf Wrote:digitlhand How fast are you picking up words? So far I have only learned about 20 words. Like I mentioned earlier my biggest improvement has been my ability to keep up with the audio. That...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-26, 12:09 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I'm experimenting with text2speech using the third Harry Potter book; so far, it seems okay. The audio quality is nowhere as good as I would like but I want to see how I fair with at least two reads t...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-25, 10:42 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

sheetz Wrote:I've listened to the audio before in the past, but this time I'm trying to shadow along whenever I can, which I've found really helps me maintain my concentration. I've found that I maint...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-24, 12:25 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

yukamina Wrote:I only went through it once, but it's discouraging to not be able to make out some other sounds at least. I haven't given up yet, of course! Yes, although it's been discussed that learn...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-24, 10:40 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I experience the same thing in learning words through Listening-Reading... I really wish I knew the brain science behind it but some words like goblin are learned after one or two listens and then oth...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-24, 12:02 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Lyulf Wrote:A problem I am encountering is that I will pick up a word, but I will forget it after a few pages. The amount of vocabulary I have picked up so far is really small. Maybe 10 words which is...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 11:20 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Listening-Reading completed this week: French: 3 1/2 hours of L1 Reading L2 Listening Japanese: 9 hours of L1 Reading L2 Listening; 20 hours of L2 listening French French is coming along very nicely...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 11:03 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Aijin Wrote:ISBN:9784797345506 The Costa Mesa Kinokuniya has the translated ザ・ホスト in stock. Thanks @Aijin, I'll see if I can pick it up tonight or tomorrow. I appreciate the help.
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 4:10 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Could anyone tell me if "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer has been translated into Japanese? I know many people hate her vampire series but "The Host" is a really decent adult novel. 98% of the vocabulary...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 1:19 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

sheetz Wrote:What isn't translated into Japanese? LOL One blogger who might be asked to help record is the person who runs Japanese Classical Literature at Bedtime. She says about herself: "I enjoy r...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 12:25 pm
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Are any of Hemmingways books translated into Japanese? If they are no longer under copyright can we record our own audio of the Japanese translation and share it? I have someone that will record audio...
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 11:57 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Kinokuniya doesn't carry any audiobooks... I've checked their website and been to the one in Los Angeles a few times. The best they could do was order what I needed if I had the ISBN number.
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 11:50 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

I found this site... looks like there is an endless amount of audio available here once natural listening is achieved. http://homepage2.nifty.com/to-saga/roudoku2.htm
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 8:35 am
    Thread: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog
Post: For those interested in a Listening-Reading Blog

Maybe someone can find more audiobooks narrated by 江守徹氏 I really enjoy his voice acting and would listen to anything else he's read.
digitlhand General discussion 358 75,077 2010-07-23, 8:18 am