LAOS — Your mandarin learning companion

LAOS is THE chinese learning toolbox! It offers a popup translator, personalised exercises and much more!

LAOS is your companion to learn mandarin! It not only offers an elegant pop-up translator but also a personal dictionary and various exercises (such as memory cards, list writing, fill sentences…) All of these, bundled in a minimalist and modern-looking environment for a colourful and engaging learning experience. 🔥NEW !!! You can now scan subtitles from your favorites VLOGS with the LAOS Image recognition tool ! (ALT+S) ⚡️HIGHLIGHTS ⚡️ - Translate and look-up more that 110 000 mandarin words while browsing the web and reading mandarin. - Add countless words to your personal dictionary on a single touch, and class them by categories. - Choose up to 4 types of exercises and display modes to learn and play with your own list of words, at your own pace. - Look for words examples and usage on Tatoeba.org. - Access the main settings just by clicking the LAOS icon. - A notification system allows you to learn passively while you’re doing other tasks or simply browsing the web. - Scan and look-up words from your favorites videos. - Convert websites to either simplified or traditional Chinese. 🛠 HOW TO USE 🛠 - Simply point at mandarin words to pop-up the translator. - Click on the words to display the Pinyin bubble below it. - Press R if you wish to save it to your personal dictionary. - Press alt + T to see examples and usage on Tatoeba.org. - Press alt + E to open the LAOS center where your dictionary and the exercises await. (The LAOS center can also be accessed by clicking the LAOS icon via the button OPEN LAOS). - In the LAOS center, choose between the 4 exercises modes on the left bar. - Press alt + S to start the LAOS Image recognition tool to look-up words from your favorites videos. 🚀 FEATURES 🚀 - A user-friendly and refined interface, aiming for the essential while avoiding austerity. - Switch between simplified or traditional. - Color scheme for tones for an easier memorisation and better distinction. - Easy access to main settings. - Zhuyin (Bopomofo) support. - In-app help bubble. - Dark mode available. - Notification system displaying a random word from your list every 10 or 20 minutes. - Switch between 4 display modes and exercises (table, flashcard, big display and fill sentences). - Many options are available in each modes for an efficient end customised learning. - OCR image recognition technology to scan subtitles from videos. 🌿 TO COME 🌿 - Better gamification (score system, eye-candy animations…) - A progress panel made of stats and graphs, displaying your improvement over time. - Exporting your list under many formats such as pdf, xls(x) or txt. - More advanced settings. - Bug fixes. LAOS is young, but full of ambition: many more features are coming ! 🌟