Duolingo with Real Content

2025-03-15 · 1 min read

Duolingo gets you started, but it has one major problem: the content is artificial. You learn "The cat drinks milk" but struggle with real conversations or movies.

What if you could get the same game-like experience but with actual content from shows, movies, and real conversations?

Fluentsubs drag and drop exercise

That's exactly what Fluentsubs does. It's like Duolingo but built around authentic content with smart subtitles and interactive exercises based on what people actually say.

Under the hood, I use AssemblyAI and Deepgram to transcribe the audio from videos and shows, then ChatGPT generates the interactive exercises from those real conversations.

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