// More culture, new language.
Idle Tuesdaybeta
The arts and the world, rewritten at your level.
A language-learning news app. Today’s stories, rewritten short at A1, A2 or B1, in Spanish, Swedish, Zulu and 14 more.
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The button above installs it. If your browser objects: ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen.
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2Choose Add to Home Screen.
That is the entire install. Safari only, no app store.
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// How it works
01Pick a language and level. Switch anytime.
02Read today’s five topics, three bite-size stories each. Toggle the translation when stuck.
03Stretch any story with more detail, or a level up.
04Tap unknown words. Save them for review.
05Hear every sentence aloud, normal or slow.
06Answer a quick true-or-false (optional).
07News or science? Ask questions, prompt-style, answered at your language level.
08Film or music? Jump straight to Spotify, Apple Music, Letterboxd, or the trailer, and immerse.
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