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buonaparte Wrote:OCR your Assimil - ABBY Fine Reader is good - and then proofread them

Is ABBY better than ReadIRIS?

buonaparte Wrote:By the way, I've no idea who you are.

tegoku, do you still use pochta.ru free e-mail?

buonaparte Wrote:Why on earth do you need Assimil?

Not for me, but for a Russian friend who wants to learn Japanese.

Assimil is very good for beginners and even the intermediate level. It's better than most English-based courses (Teach Yourself, Pimsleur, Hugo, etc.), and in some aspects it is better than Linguaphone.

buonaparte Wrote:Grab an audiobook with a parallel text, that's all you need.

How can a novice read a real book in Japanese, even if it has a translation?

Yes, JPod is very good, but it is not as systematic as Assimil. You can use it as a supplement not as the main course.