12 points by edweis a day ago
Hi all,
I want to learn Dutch and by experience I know I learn better when talking with native speakers.
From your experience, is there a good AI I can converse with in Dutch? It would be even better if I could see the transcription in Dutch.
Gliglish (https://gliglish.com) looks good but is more for speaking than for learning. I'd like to be able to set a situation (negotiating a job offer, calling a supplier ...).
I added a Practice Mode in my speech-to-speech translator app 3PO. It allows you to practise talking with chatGPT and gets assessment score on your accuracy.
Topic is preset. (chatGPT plays the role of a travel guide to help you find places to go in Holland (for Dutch))
I'm learning Finnish. For the most part, Gemini and ChatGPT do a much better job at generating passable if sightly Internet-inflected Finnish than I'm likely to anyway within the next 5 years, so I just talk with those.
I would imagine Dutch to be in the same camp, unless a native Dutch speaker reviews some of your conversations and tells you otherwise. My native Finnish wife has given me the marginal all-clear with the vanilla models.
I've been setting up Vapi.ai for this. Written and spoken are different skills. It comes down cheaper than an actual teacher, and it has the patience to correct you.