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Behind the scenes

Here is how an episode is made.

From idea to listening

  1. The idea

    A theme, a situation, a small story.

  2. The teaching bible

    The list of words or phrases to learn, episode by episode.

  3. The script

    Written by a human, with repetitions and pauses.

  4. The automatic check

    A program checks that only words already learnt are used.

  5. The voices

    The voices are generated by artificial intelligence, and none of them reproduces a real person.

  6. The listening

    The episode is listened to before it is published.

Logbook

Checking the words

Before it is voiced, every script goes through an automatic check: only words already learnt are used, every target word comes back at least three times, and every invitation to repeat is followed by a pause.

Why stories

A story gives you a reason to understand and to repeat. In every episode the key words come back several times as the story unfolds, and pauses leave you time to say them out loud.

Voices generated by artificial intelligence

Lingotrotter's voices are generated by artificial intelligence. The scripts are written by a human. No voice reproduces a real person.