SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

Zarxrax Wrote:

Roketzu Wrote:+1 from me too. I'd pay top dollar for a well made app like this on desktop. The ability for users to share properly timed / synchronised subs for both English and Japanese would make it a godlike piece of software for learners I think.

While not cross-platform or web based, PotPlayer can be used pretty much the same way. And it interfaces to the open subtitle database where you can share subtitles. It is limited to windows only, though. Here is a little write up on it I did recently.

This is a legitimately great media player, and you're right about what you wrote on your blog, in that it does almost seem like some of the features were designed for someone who is learning a language. That said it still lacks the things I think would make it great for Japanese learners. The subtitle database it tracks is sorely lacking when it comes to Japanese subs, and in general I've found that most of the Japanese subs available in various places online often come in a state of either not being timed correctly or are in a format that doesn't allow easy editing.

A dream player for me would be one that did allow language learners to share / rate subtitles amongst each other, and I may be pushing it with this one, but I'd love for the ability to extract the audio (+snapshot) according to a given subtitle timing on the fly. Subs2srs is an awesome tool, but I often only want a select few of the lines of dialogue from any given piece of media so the specialized nature of it is kind of overkill for that type of desire. Even still, I'm super appreciative that you've made me aware of this tool! I'll absolutely be using it from now on.