MoniqueMaRie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 2:59 pm I generally don't like subscriptions
Me neither.
I)
That's the reason why I was happily buying "FastLingo French - Learn from scratch" from this Rumanian teacher who is constantly adding more and more FR sentences.
Only was - still is - an one-time investment and is more affordable that way. The other full app also supports Google Play store family sharing (I got the one app with in-app purchase).
II)
As Univerbal from Quazel (which interactive chat bot demo and corrections I found impressive) is on the higher monthly price side (GPT4 or something):
I recently enrolled into EF Hello app for one year.
They also say they have AI explain and AI roleplay features available and the available English intermediate and advanced content looks massive.
Sales email offer this time was $29 (26 Euros) and only Pro lets me add French/Spanish..
Normally they ask for way more per year on the Web or Google Play store.
..(...)..
That way I can try around a bit, maybe repeat given French A1-A2 content more slowly (Busuu was always way too speedy) but I'm not exactly sure how I can review well-known content and directly jump to quizzes, summary pages, reading texts or dialogues without having to go through well-known words more slowly like a true beginner and without the bottom scrolling text animation.
At least I do see for each course module a quick lesson overview where each one is selectable.
There is a warning about losing old/previous progress when I click on a later lesson.
..(...)..
Hm, while EF English advanced course modules seem to offer videos (haven't tried "that much" but the first one immediately started with this in a lesson) by EN native speakers, the French voices in the EF beginner courses sound to me more like a TTS engine
Not THAT excellent, not native like.
I need to ask their support.
Will try Spanish too:
I remember Lingvist's Spanish voices (probably TTS) were superb and crystal clear; sounded much better than Duolingo Spanish or Google translate in 2017.
I know how the French TTS voices sound from Android Accessibility and the built-in "Select to speak" feature...
..(...)..
Somehow I feared before that EF French won't have the same full intermediate and advanced content available and have to confirm this now for French and Spanish courses.
So now we exactly know why they have hiding this fact behind a Pro subscription....LOL.
Didn't let me change English to French or only register the account for French.
Main reason might be my German location. Android OS is already set to English.
Only account set to US United States (maybe UK English too) can add the other languages, not Germans which locale setting is fixed (to learn English).
I'm not so sure if the two AI bot features will be available for French/Spanish/Italian or to what extend (like roleplay).
The AI stuff from other apps normally requires a monthly subscription and GPT4 support is on the higher side.
Like Duolingo Max.