Lute is crazy man. I just discovered it today from a different vid, and although the "parent" system isn't as convenient as handling conjugated forms out of the box, especially for Japanese, Lute is surely the LinQ final boss! Refold is consistently real af for sharing FOSS tools and workflows
This seems great! Thank you for the guide, I will definitely be trying Lute in the future, especially when I fully dive into Russian and not just dabble in it. For now though, I need to really practice listening to Japanese and I am afraid that if I use Lute I will completely neglect my listening since I find reading fun, and the part where you have to manually connect the word family seems pretty fun to me. Anyways, thanks again Ben I will most definitely be revisiting this guide at a later date.
Does anybody else has problems to run Lute on startup?? I tried to follow the steps several time but to no avail :( (Thank you anyway for the great tutorial! It helped me a lot!)
Do you mean having Lute launch automatically when you start your computer? Or are you having problems running the program at all? But for either problem, you should join the Lute or Refold Discord server. It's easier to ask for help there, since you can send images and links and things back and forth.
potrénovat - train a bit, train for a while, train some (imperfective version of trénovat, here using a rather common prefix "po" which often implies doing some action a bit, perhaps several times, or just have a bit of fun with that, as the imperfective verbs work and as clear from the aforementioned notes, this version of verb cannot describe directly present actions or present tense)
Does Lute support Chinese reading, too? I have a lot of popup reading apps and plugins, but I like some of the Lute features like possibility to use custom dictionaries, pictures, etc...
The only kind of Chinese that's "officially" supported by default is Historical Chinese. But this is mostly due to parsing. There are several people in the server who have modern Mandarin working for both Simplified and Traditional characters. You should install the program and try it out! If you have trouble, the Lute Discord will be more than happy to help. - Ben
You can easily transfer your database over! If you're not techy, I'd recommend joining the Lute Discord to ask for help. But if you're fairly comfortable with tech, you can copy your data over. You should be able to see where those files are stored in the Settings. I hope this helps! - Ben
If I'm studying Chinese do the classical Chinese settings work, or do I need to make a new language? I feel confused why classical Chinese is there but modern Mandarin isn't
I can't exactly say, but the likely reasons are: - Someone studying Classical Chinese put it in there and can verify that it works, but there isn't a learner of Mandarin who's verified that things work - Or, there's some parsing thing which hasn't been solved for modern Mandarin yet. I know that Korean, for example, is actually quite difficult to parse for readers like this (I'm not positive why). My guess is that the settings will work fine, but you'll have to test! If you have trouble, I know they'll be more than happy to help out on the Lute Discord. - Ben
does anyone know how to automatically run lute when you start your computer? thanks in advance. He mention it in the video but I cannot see the instructions. I am figuring that you wont need to have the command line open everytime you use Lute.
Depends on your operating system. With Linux, it's super easy. With Windows, it's not too bad, but a bit technical, and with macOS, it's kind of a pain. Here's the tutorial: refold.link/lute-on-startup
wish there would finally be a real Lingq killer. This seems to still miss tracking features of known words/words read, etc... but most importantly, not possible on a mobile/tablet.
It's got known words/words read, but they're not displayed super well yet. The dev is aware there's a lot of design work to be done, but he's not a designer 😅 As for mobile support, I agree that that'd be amazing and a HUGE step for the project, but building a mobile app is a really big step and there are a lot of potential issues and problems. The only way that it might happen is if a talented React Native dev comes along to the project and decides they want to make a mobile version. So we'll see if that ever comes to be! Thanks for your comment :) I hope you try out the tool despite its shortcomings! - Ben
I think some people have Lute set up on their own servers, and they access it with mobile or tablet. But I don't use it that way myself, and so can't comment. If you're asking about a _native_ mobile app, you're right, that's not available. Mobile is a different beast entirely -- hopefully another dev can pitch in. There is a "words read" chart already. "Known words" is on the backlog, if someone works on it then we can review it and merge it into main Lute. Cheers!
Why is this one prefered to FLTR? Edit: After watching I guess: Status prior to open the lesson, images in the fields, embedded audio player and looking page. Still would like to hear it :)
The main reasons are: it's actively being worked on and the code for FLTR is brutal and very difficult to understand/work with. A better code base is more trustworthy and easier to improve down the line. But they're very similar! If you prefer FLTR and already have a workflow for it, there's no real reason to switch (yet). - Ben
Hey there, I wrote Lute and your question is a great one. Honestly, your choice of tool doesn't matter, as long as you're happy and it keeps you engaged. Lute has some features that I needed that nothing else did -- images and parent terms, at first. It feels smoother and easier to use, to me. Re code quality: I tried to contribute to other open source project to make changes, but they were impossible to fix without doing a total rewrite, hence Lute. But if you're not running into any problems with whatever you're using, it doesn't matter :-) I've tried to make Lute's code more sane, hoping for long-term viability and contributions from other users -- ultimately hoping for "the anki of reading software", or at least a step in that direction.
I really Like your RUclips videos. You are inspiring the whole world to practice. That is very convenient. But why its growth is so not good, reach is not good?
It does work on Mac! And yes, it's still not *that* easy to install, but it is easier than it used to be! And it's only going to get easier as it gets worked on more. But in my opinion, it's worth the hassle for the benefit it provides. - Ben
A lot of people use and like Wiktionary for German: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/####German But there's also www.sprachnudel.de/ and a bunch more. Pons, Duden, Langenscheidt, etc Try some out and see which ones you like best. - Ben
use word reference, there arent many options unfortunately. you can also use pond dictionary but its kind of incomplete if you use anki, you can find decks with english-german vocabulary for the most common words of the language
Ben is learning Czech in front of our very eyes and breaking down all the tools, techniques, and strategies he uses in real-time. so nah I think we're eating good bro 😭😭😭😭
Lute is crazy man. I just discovered it today from a different vid, and although the "parent" system isn't as convenient as handling conjugated forms out of the box, especially for Japanese, Lute is surely the LinQ final boss! Refold is consistently real af for sharing FOSS tools and workflows
This looks like an amazing tool! You just gave me the tiny nudge I needed to get back to language learning. Thank you so much!
That's great to hear! Welcome :)
- Ben
This seems great! Thank you for the guide, I will definitely be trying Lute in the future, especially when I fully dive into Russian and not just dabble in it. For now though, I need to really practice listening to Japanese and I am afraid that if I use Lute I will completely neglect my listening since I find reading fun, and the part where you have to manually connect the word family seems pretty fun to me.
Anyways, thanks again Ben I will most definitely be revisiting this guide at a later date.
I've been using LWT for my french but I'm going to export my database to Lute
3:52 How are you running the
python -m lute.main
automatically when windows starts?
I read through the video description but can't find it.
Oh sorry, the link was titled wrong. It's this one: refold.link/lute-on-startup
It's a little bit of a pain to do on Windows, though.
- Ben
@@Refold Thanks for the fast response!
Lute3 is amazing, thank you for the great videos!
Does anybody else has problems to run Lute on startup?? I tried to follow the steps several time but to no avail :(
(Thank you anyway for the great tutorial! It helped me a lot!)
Do you mean having Lute launch automatically when you start your computer? Or are you having problems running the program at all?
But for either problem, you should join the Lute or Refold Discord server. It's easier to ask for help there, since you can send images and links and things back and forth.
@@Refold I mean the former. I always have to do the extra steps to make it work. But thanks for the tip.
Thanks! It is very useful app!
potrénovat - train a bit, train for a while, train some (imperfective version of trénovat, here using a rather common prefix "po" which often implies doing some action a bit, perhaps several times, or just have a bit of fun with that, as the imperfective verbs work and as clear from the aforementioned notes, this version of verb cannot describe directly present actions or present tense)
Is there any type of spaced repetition and are you able to import RUclips videos like in LingQ ?
Does Lute support Chinese reading, too? I have a lot of popup reading apps and plugins, but I like some of the Lute features like possibility to use custom dictionaries, pictures, etc...
The only kind of Chinese that's "officially" supported by default is Historical Chinese. But this is mostly due to parsing. There are several people in the server who have modern Mandarin working for both Simplified and Traditional characters.
You should install the program and try it out! If you have trouble, the Lute Discord will be more than happy to help.
- Ben
How do I transfer a backup from the previous Lute version to this current one? I don't want to go through all that logging of words again
You can easily transfer your database over! If you're not techy, I'd recommend joining the Lute Discord to ask for help. But if you're fairly comfortable with tech, you can copy your data over.
You should be able to see where those files are stored in the Settings.
I hope this helps!
- Ben
@@Refold Yeah! I just went over to the Lute discord. Very helpful. Thank you Ben!
Is it available in south América?
If I'm studying Chinese do the classical Chinese settings work, or do I need to make a new language? I feel confused why classical Chinese is there but modern Mandarin isn't
Yes, the Classical Chinese settings works
I can't exactly say, but the likely reasons are:
- Someone studying Classical Chinese put it in there and can verify that it works, but there isn't a learner of Mandarin who's verified that things work
- Or, there's some parsing thing which hasn't been solved for modern Mandarin yet. I know that Korean, for example, is actually quite difficult to parse for readers like this (I'm not positive why).
My guess is that the settings will work fine, but you'll have to test! If you have trouble, I know they'll be more than happy to help out on the Lute Discord.
- Ben
@@alexbeserra cheers, thanks
@@Refold okeydoke, thank you
does anyone know how to automatically run lute when you start your computer? thanks in advance. He mention it in the video but I cannot see the instructions. I am figuring that you wont need to have the command line open everytime you use Lute.
Depends on your operating system. With Linux, it's super easy. With Windows, it's not too bad, but a bit technical, and with macOS, it's kind of a pain. Here's the tutorial: refold.link/lute-on-startup
wish there would finally be a real Lingq killer. This seems to still miss tracking features of known words/words read, etc... but most importantly, not possible on a mobile/tablet.
It's got known words/words read, but they're not displayed super well yet. The dev is aware there's a lot of design work to be done, but he's not a designer 😅
As for mobile support, I agree that that'd be amazing and a HUGE step for the project, but building a mobile app is a really big step and there are a lot of potential issues and problems. The only way that it might happen is if a talented React Native dev comes along to the project and decides they want to make a mobile version. So we'll see if that ever comes to be!
Thanks for your comment :) I hope you try out the tool despite its shortcomings!
- Ben
I think some people have Lute set up on their own servers, and they access it with mobile or tablet. But I don't use it that way myself, and so can't comment. If you're asking about a _native_ mobile app, you're right, that's not available. Mobile is a different beast entirely -- hopefully another dev can pitch in.
There is a "words read" chart already. "Known words" is on the backlog, if someone works on it then we can review it and merge it into main Lute. Cheers!
Why is this one prefered to FLTR?
Edit: After watching I guess:
Status prior to open the lesson, images in the fields, embedded audio player and looking page.
Still would like to hear it :)
The main reasons are: it's actively being worked on and the code for FLTR is brutal and very difficult to understand/work with. A better code base is more trustworthy and easier to improve down the line.
But they're very similar! If you prefer FLTR and already have a workflow for it, there's no real reason to switch (yet).
- Ben
@@Refold
Thanks for answering, I really enjoy your guides.
Would be great if you blow the whistle when the change is a must :D
Hey there, I wrote Lute and your question is a great one. Honestly, your choice of tool doesn't matter, as long as you're happy and it keeps you engaged. Lute has some features that I needed that nothing else did -- images and parent terms, at first. It feels smoother and easier to use, to me.
Re code quality: I tried to contribute to other open source project to make changes, but they were impossible to fix without doing a total rewrite, hence Lute. But if you're not running into any problems with whatever you're using, it doesn't matter :-) I've tried to make Lute's code more sane, hoping for long-term viability and contributions from other users -- ultimately hoping for "the anki of reading software", or at least a step in that direction.
I really Like your RUclips videos. You are inspiring the whole world to practice. That is very convenient. But why its growth is so not good, reach is not good?
Thanks for your kind words! But I'm not sure I understand your question.
- Ben
does it work on Mac? for non-tech people the installation seems to be not so easy.
It does work on Mac! And yes, it's still not *that* easy to install, but it is easier than it used to be! And it's only going to get easier as it gets worked on more. But in my opinion, it's worth the hassle for the benefit it provides.
- Ben
Hey there I use it on Mac. Tech can be tough. Easiest to join the discord and ask there for setup help. Cheers!
Can you suggest a good english-german dictionary site? TIA
A lot of people use and like Wiktionary for German: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/####German
But there's also www.sprachnudel.de/ and a bunch more. Pons, Duden, Langenscheidt, etc
Try some out and see which ones you like best.
- Ben
use word reference, there arent many options unfortunately. you can also use pond dictionary but its kind of incomplete if you use anki, you can find decks with english-german vocabulary for the most common words of the language
Can I add articles? because I like to read articles!
Yes, if they’re from a site you can import by url.
I tried to add Japanese and got: Internal Server Error
The server encountered an unexpected internal server error
(generated by waitress)
When I search for it it doesn't appear at all
Even Ainu shows up but Japanese doesn't 😭😭😭
I really miss Matt. Wish he would come back.
Ben is learning Czech in front of our very eyes and breaking down all the tools, techniques, and strategies he uses in real-time. so nah I think we're eating good bro 😭😭😭😭
@@lucapointcom The glazing is other-worldly 💀
Uff se ve difícil de usar
No es difícil pero necesitas probarlo a ver si te gusta o no :-)
@@jz4901 Hola, ¿Quê otras herramientas has usado de las que ha compartido refold?