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    Thread: Rikaichan-like browser on iOS
Post: Rikaichan-like browser on iOS

I'm thinking about spinning off the web search feature in SABUchan as a free standalone browser App. Single-click for dictionary lookup. Button to disable/enable link. Double-click to speak senten...
sabu2014 Learning resources 0 645 2015-04-04, 10:21 pm
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

PotbellyPig Wrote:Thanks! This will make the app fit to my usage pattern. I will definitely buy it. I assume that the arrow buttons in sentence-loop mode in landscape mode will move the dialog forw...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-04, 10:07 pm
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

PotbellyPig Wrote:Yes. Adding those controls and inheriting the mode from the vertical position would be optimal for my usage pattern. I added the features and submitted to AppStore for review. You ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-04, 7:15 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

Chomskyan Wrote:It's a good program with a lot of potential. But requires a lot of extra effort to configure a video with subtitles. Case and point, I've been working all morning to get the Tokyo Gh...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 11:50 pm
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

PotbellyPig Wrote:Okay. i see that function. But I would like it in vertical mode as well so I can use all the Sabu functions at the same time. Such as stopping at each line and repeating it. Etc....
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 10:45 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

aldebrn Wrote:Do you use MeCab or similar parser to recognize stems and parts-of-speech and proper nouns and numbers, etc.? The iOS download seems too small to include any of the MeCab dictionaries so...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 10:38 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

FLASH CARDS https://youtu.be/Qjcn93y92ZM 1) Tap on the word on the subtitle and swipe to add it to the flash cards 2) The meaning of the word and the corresponding sentence is in the flash cards. 3)...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 9:56 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

PotbellyPig Wrote:Many times I like to practice trying to listen first and then if I don't understand something, I look at the subtitle. A toggle button would surfice. Beside the "no subtitle" mode ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 9:31 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

REPEAT MODE https://youtu.be/4FFpCxDeUqE There are 3 repeat methods in SABU. Repeat the sentence once. Repeat it infinitely. A-B repeat where you just want to hear only part of the sentence ( whe...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 9:28 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

Helena4 Wrote:Do you have any plans to port this to Android? I got this question many times. But I don't know really the market for this paid app on Android devices... Haha, but you can consider it ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 9:19 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

aldebrn Wrote:It'd be awesome if, for common words that Wanikani has freely available voice recordings of, the app used that instead of the text-to-speech. Where are the freely available voice recordi...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 8:53 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

aldebrn Wrote:What's the difference between $7.99 Sabu and the free Sabuchan? Basically, sabuchan is a trial version where you can test all features before you buy it. After all, SABU is not chea...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 8:37 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

aldebrn Wrote:Can you offer any tips on how to write code for de-conjugation? It seems like a really complicated task! It's not so difficult once you know ichidan/godan verbs and how they change with ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 8:29 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

PotbellyPig, it's already there because I also do the same. ( hehe, I am a heavy user of SABU. I need to hide all subtitle when I listen it the second time ). Just turn the iPhone sideway ( full ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 8:15 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

Basic functions The 3 most important functions in SABU 1) Subtitle time based navigation ( forward / backward / sentence loop ) 2) Dual subtitle ( understand the gist in your mother first, then you ...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 5:36 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

I am a self Japanese learner. After I finished N4 material, I am still far from the ability to read and hear Japanese. I tried really really hard to learn but I stopped a few times. I thought I lea...
sabu2014 Learning resources 44 9,307 2015-04-03, 5:22 am