Another reading app with dictionary
https://www.languageinput.com/
there are collections of interesting sites that offer material in specific languages
Spanish resources
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Re: Spanish resources
Maybe I should have posted this in my log?
A list of my Youtube subscriptions which show videos in Spanish that I can understand, albeit sometimes with difficulty. There are lots of videos in Spanish, but many of them are still beyond my reach. Some of you may have suggested them, I can’t remember.
As time goes by, I'll put a video from each subscrition in my log, but just one at a time, one day at a time.
A list of my Youtube subscriptions which show videos in Spanish that I can understand, albeit sometimes with difficulty. There are lots of videos in Spanish, but many of them are still beyond my reach. Some of you may have suggested them, I can’t remember.
- DW Español
Alba Learning (audiolibros with texts)
AMA Audiolibros*
BBC News Mundo *
Blázquez y Gárate de Psicología
Centro Estudions Ju. L. R.
DW Documental *
DW Historias Latinas
Español avanzado y Cultura hispanohablante
gitanadhara12
La Cata Musical – I really like this one: shout-out to Eido
As time goes by, I'll put a video from each subscrition in my log, but just one at a time, one day at a time.
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Re: Spanish resources
There is a site and app that I have mentioned recently in my log called El Sitio Total.
The site from Santander, Colombia, is a free and full-bodied repository of texts and audiobooks in the public domain, as well as pieces of music and exhibitions of art.
Nearly all of the books and audiobooks are in Spanish, but there are a few in English, French and Italian. The site allows for the taking of notes about the book being read, gives a list of the vocabulary used in the work, allows where available side-by-side comparison of the work with a translation or of one translation to another.
The app gives a FAQ on how to use the site. There is a Youtube User's Guide (Guía de Uso) (knowledge of Spanish required). There is also an Apple Store preview (requires a knowledge of Spanish) and a Google Play preview in English.
Those previews cover a lot of ground. I'll add here that there are hundreds of audiobooks and thousands of texts (as well as pictures of art objects).
So users can keep track of what they are reading, the user can subscribe for free.
The audiobook section has a slick interface that highlights the text being read and allows for vocabulary look-up, and the user can save the meaning in a note, which will include a citation of the relevant passage.
Finally, the audiobooks are read with a human voice.
The site from Santander, Colombia, is a free and full-bodied repository of texts and audiobooks in the public domain, as well as pieces of music and exhibitions of art.
Nearly all of the books and audiobooks are in Spanish, but there are a few in English, French and Italian. The site allows for the taking of notes about the book being read, gives a list of the vocabulary used in the work, allows where available side-by-side comparison of the work with a translation or of one translation to another.
The app gives a FAQ on how to use the site. There is a Youtube User's Guide (Guía de Uso) (knowledge of Spanish required). There is also an Apple Store preview (requires a knowledge of Spanish) and a Google Play preview in English.
Those previews cover a lot of ground. I'll add here that there are hundreds of audiobooks and thousands of texts (as well as pictures of art objects).
So users can keep track of what they are reading, the user can subscribe for free.
The audiobook section has a slick interface that highlights the text being read and allows for vocabulary look-up, and the user can save the meaning in a note, which will include a citation of the relevant passage.
Finally, the audiobooks are read with a human voice.
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Re: Spanish resources
Just in time for the World Cup, here's a fun new podcast for futbol fans - 5 episodes with audio and full transcripts in both Spanish and English!
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510367/the-last-cup
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510367/the-last-cup
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Re: Spanish resources
MorkTheFiddle wrote:There is a site and app that I have mentioned recently in my log called El Sitio Total.
The site from Santander, Colombia, is a free and full-bodied repository of texts and audiobooks in the public domain, as well as pieces of music and exhibitions of art.
Nearly all of the books and audiobooks are in Spanish, but there are a few in English, French and Italian. The site allows for the taking of notes about the book being read, gives a list of the vocabulary used in the work, allows where available side-by-side comparison of the work with a translation or of one translation to another.
This app is fantastic, thanks for sharing! I was able to find 20+ books that have side by side Spanish and English along with narration in Spanish
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Re: Spanish resources
elAmericanoTranquilo wrote:This app is fantastic, thanks for sharing! I was able to find 20+ books that have side by side Spanish and English along with narration in Spanish
You're welcome. Yep, a real treasure.
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Re: Spanish resources
"Bogotálogo: usos, desusos y abusos del español hablado en Bogotá" by Andrés Ospina (2011)
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Language converter for English, Latin, Polish, Quechua, Spanish, and Tikuna:
https://github.com/piotrbajdek/lngcnv
https://github.com/piotrbajdek/lngcnv
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Re: Spanish resources
wwiTV.com has been mentioned elsewhere as a listening source for Italian, but it also aggregates several listening sources for Spanish. This TN24Horas for example leads directly (at least at 7:41 am 11/28/2023) to TN24Horas (Spanish) Live from Argentina. There is another from Cordoba, Argentina. A little disconcerting this chilly morning because the folks outside in Cordoba are wearing summer clothes.
Lots of other languages are available as well.
Lots of other languages are available as well.
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