TypeSwitch - A Language Learning Application

TypeSwitch is a language learning application the goal of helping you level up with writing proficiency when learning a new language, built with the Translation API from the Google Chrome Built-in AI - Early Preview Program.

Demo

Technologies Used

Installation

1. Clone the Repo

https://github.com/Emorque/TypeSwitch.git

2. Run index.html on a Chrome Browser

Setup

TypeScript requires an experimental flag from Chrome 131+ on desktop platforms It is recommended to use with Chrome Canary or Chrome Dev

1. Go to: chrome://flags/#translation-api and enable "Experimental translation API"
2. Navigate to here
3. Click “from en to es” and “from en to ja” under canTranslate(). Please wait as language models and translation components are downloaded in the background
4. Go to: chrome://components and look for TranslateKit components to monitor progress
5. Translation API is now ready to translate English ⇔ Spanish and English ⇔ Japanese
6. Go to chrome://on-device-translation-internals/ to install all other needed pairs

Since the API is build into your browser, TypeSwitch can work offline

How to Use

• Copy & Paste a piece of text (Can be from an article, book, blog, etc.)
• Select your base and target language
• As of 12.10.24, 18 Language Pairs are supported
• All Pairs:

1. English ⇔ Spanish
2. English ⇔ Japanese
3. English → Arabic
4. English → French
5. English → Korean
6. English → Russian
7. English → Chinese
8. English → Chinese (Traditional)
9. English → Bengali
10. English → Hindi
11. English → Dutch
12. English → Thai
13. English → German
14. English → Italian
15. English → Polish
16. English → Turkish
17. English → Portuguese
18. English → Vietnamese

• Try your best to translate the original sentence to your selected target language
• Once all sentences are translated, you will see a page of translations from you and Translation API
• A general score is given to give a estimate of how you did, Grammar/syntax is not fully accounted for, so don't take the score to heart
• Compare your translations to that of Translation API and see how you did.

Features to work on in the future:

1. Create a backend to house user data and authentication.
2. Create a complementary extension.
3. Have a daily sentence! Kind of like how Wordle has a daily word people try to guess.
4. Improve the UI/UX.

License

MIT