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Show HN: Wikireader – website reader with a built-in dictionary

2 pointsby amosjover 3 years ago

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amosjover 3 years ago
Greetings HN!<p>Wikireader is inspired by two facts:<p><pre><code> - I like learning foreign languages - Some (most) days I will open certain news sites more times than I&#x27;d like to admit, &quot;just to check if there&#x27;s something interesting&quot; </code></pre> This app is an attempt to channel that energy in a more productive direction. Instead of opening XYZNews for the nth time I&#x27;ll try reading wikipedia - but in a different language. That way I&#x27;ll learn something new about the world AND practice that language. At least that&#x27;s the idea. Sometimes it even works.<p>Although e.g. Chrome has a built in integration with wordreference, it still requires too many clicks. So I rolled my own. This has been sitting on a dusty shelf for a while. But it still builds in Android Studio, so I thought I&#x27;d share. Any feedback welcome!<p>Fun fact, some wikipedia versions have a &quot;quote of the day&quot;. Those have become my favorites.<p>The list of websites is configurable, so one could use it for other websites too - by default each language has wikipedia and a news site. The built-in browser is sometimes buggy and gets dizzy if it follows too many redirects.