I've developed a rough version of this for russian, and it may not be too difficult to make it more general to work with many languages. Many modern browsers have this built in, and it works on mobile devices as well. Here is a link with information about the API: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/speechapi.html#tts-section

When I implemented for Russian I added a new function, playAudio, in jq_pgm.js. and called it four different times in the if-else portion of word_click_event_do_text_text.

function word_click_event_do_text_text() {
var status = $(this).attr('data_status');
var ann = '';
if ((typeof $(this).attr('data_ann')) != 'undefined')
ann = $(this).attr('data_ann');

if ( status < 1 ) {
run_overlib_status_unknown(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,$(this).attr('title'),
TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_mw2'),
$(this).attr('data_mw3'),$(this).attr('data_mw4'),$(this).attr('data_mw5'),
$(this).attr('data_mw6'),$(this).attr('data_mw7'),$(this).attr('data_mw8'),
$(this).attr('data_mw9'),RTL);
top.frames['ro'].location.href='edit_word.php?tid=' + TID + '&ord=' +
$(this).attr('data_order') + '&wid=';
playAudio($(this).text());

}
else if ( status == 99 ){
run_overlib_status_99(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,$(this).attr('title'),
TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),
$(this).attr('data_mw2'),$(this).attr('data_mw3'),$(this).attr('data_mw4'),
$(this).attr('data_mw5'),$(this).attr('data_mw6'),$(this).attr('data_mw7'),
$(this).attr('data_mw8'),$(this).attr('data_mw9'),RTL,ann);
playAudio($(this).text());
}
else if ( status == 98 ){
run_overlib_status_98(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,$(this).attr('title'),
TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),
$(this).attr('data_mw2'),$(this).attr('data_mw3'),$(this).attr('data_mw4'),
$(this).attr('data_mw5'),$(this).attr('data_mw6'),$(this).attr('data_mw7'),
$(this).attr('data_mw8'),$(this).attr('data_mw9'),RTL,ann);
playAudio($(this).text());
}
else{
run_overlib_status_1_to_5(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,$(this).attr('title'),
TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),status,
$(this).attr('data_mw2'),$(this).attr('data_mw3'),$(this).attr('data_mw4'),
$(this).attr('data_mw5'),$(this).attr('data_mw6'),$(this).attr('data_mw7'),
$(this).attr('data_mw8'),$(this).attr('data_mw9'),RTL,ann);
playAudio($(this).text());
}
return false;

function playAudio(txt){
var u = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance();
var voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices();
u.text = txt;
u.voice = voices[16]; //16 is for russian
u.lang = 'ru-RU';
u.rate = 1;
window.speechSynthesis.speak(u);

The only changes would be for u.voice and u.lang to change the languages. Sorry for the poor code. I am not a programmer.

It's common to have phrases which get separated by other words, or systems like separable verbs in german where the first part gets moved to the end of the clause in most cases. A possible solution for tracking and adding such words is not for them to be recognized automatically by the system, but to be able to select multiple words within a sentence as parts of the phrase. For example, one such word in german is "aufhören", (to stop) but a common use of it separates the two parts, like "Er hört den Zug auf". When adding the word, you would then click on "hört", and either be able to click on a button, and then on the second part (auf), to say that they're a separates phrase and to say how they should appear in the card, or in the part of the card where you choose the sentence, where it would have "Er {hört} den Zug auf", you could edit it and specify which order they should go in for the lemma, so it would instead look like "Er {2|hört} den Zug {1|auf}, and the lemma would be displayed as "auf hören" or some such.

I suggest the possibility of using a code (e.g. |@#) to put it in front of an already defined word as a definition of a new word.

Eg:
Old Word: schön / Translation: beautiful
New Word: schönen / Translation: |@#schön
New Word: schoenen / Translation: |@#schön
New Word: schöner / Translation: |@#schön
New Word: schönes / Translation: |@#schön

Promptbox of "schöner" or "schönes": "beautiful"
Or better: "schön: beautiful"

The idea is that when I put the mouse (without cliking) on "schöner" or "schönes" I could see "beautiful" in the prompt box. Off course, I should have defined "schöner" and "schönes" as "|@#schön" beforehand.

In that way, we could define every word just once and then define the others recursively. And this could be very helpful in languages with irregular verbs and with cases.

Also, we could add several of those recursive meanings to a single new word, which could have several meanings.

Eg:
Old Word: frase / Translation: sentence
Old Word: súplica / Translation: prayer
New Word: oración / Translation: |@#sentence / |@#prayer

Promptbox of "oración": "sentence / prayer"
Or: "frase: sentence / súplica: prayer"

I have the intuition that it wouldn't be very difficult to do this change. I hope I'm right.

And, really, thanks for this wonderful tool.

Almost everything requires some familiarity with the operation of a PC. This program would be amazing if it could be enhanced so that even a child could use it. Adding languages and dictionaries, and much more, is fairly complex. These things could be automated. For example, the program could have the user paste a URL to a dictionary without a search term, then paste a URL including a search term, compare the two, and determine the necessary URL behind the scene.

The installation process probably cannot be simplified, but I think that many user interface features could be simplified.

Also, a less cluttered user interface would be nice.

I really appreciate the program, so please don't take this as criticism. Thanks for making this program freely available to the public.

I suggest the possibility of using a code (e.g. |@#) to put it in front of an already defined word as a definition of a new word.

Eg:
Word Translation
Old schön beautiful
New schönen |@#schön
New schoenen |@#schön
New schöner |@#schön
New schönes |@#schön

The idea is that when I put the mouse (without cliking) on "schöner" or "schönes" I could see "beautiful" in the prompt box. Off course, I should have defined "schöner" and "schönes" as "|@#schön" beforehand.

In that way, we could define every word just once and then define the others recursively. And this could be very helpful in languages with irregular verbs and with cases.

Also, we could add several of those recursive meanings to a single new word, which could have several meanings.

Eg:
Word Translation
Old frase sentence
Old súplica prayer
New oración |@#sentence / |@#prayer

Promptbox of "oración": "sentence / prayer"
Or: "frase: sentence / súplica: prayer"

I have the intuition that it wouldn't be very difficult to do this change. I hope I'm right.

And, really, thanks for this wonderful tool.

I have pushed the “Delete” button for the two earlier posts but, for some reason, they stayed.

I would like to share an idea for a mechanical instruction for adding "Trennbare verben" to the prompt boxes of their correspondent non "Trennbare verben". This idea is a similar procedure to the other I posted before.

Suppose we have defined “umsteigen”, “einsteigen”, “aussteigen” and “steigen”.

Word: umsteigen; Translation: to change
Word: einsteigen; Translation: to get on

Word: aussteigen; Translation: to get off
Word: steigen; Translation: to climb

We oould create a code, e.g “$%&”, so that, when it is in a definition, puts in the prompt box of its word any term that containing the expression after “$%&” and its translation.

Then, we can redefine “steigen” in the following way

Word: steigen; Translation: to climb / $%&steigen

Prompt box of “steigen” before the re-definition: to climb
Prompt box of “steigen” after the re-definition: to climb / umsteigen: to change / einsteigen: to get on / aussteigen: to get off / and any other term containing “steigen” as a word or as part of a word.

This couldn’t be done with the same command used as filter because it only retrieves a term when you write it exactly and completely. But another command could be used.

I hope this could also be easy to implement.

Greetings.

I suggest the possibility of using a code (e.g. |@#) to put it in front of an already defined word as a definition of a new word.

Eg:
Word Translation
Old schön beautiful
New schönen |@#schön
New schoenen |@#schön
New schöner |@#schön
New schönes |@#schön

The idea is that when I put the mouse (without cliking) on "schöner" or "schönes" I could see "beautiful" in the prompt box. Off course, I should have defined "schöner" and "schönes" as "|@#schön" beforehand.

In that way, we could define every word just once and then define the others recursively. And this could be very helpful in languages with irregular verbs and with cases.

Also, we could add several of those recursive meanings to a single new word, which could have several meanings.

Eg:
Word Translation
Old frase sentence
Old súplica prayer
New oración |@#sentence / |@#prayer

Promptbox of "oración": "sentence / prayer"

I have the intuition that it wouldn't be very difficult to do this change. I hope I'm right.

And, really, thanks for this wonderful tool.

Conjugated / inflected forms of words should be kept track of, and should be listed somehow during testing. I test myself for the gender of nouns in the L2 no context mode, with the gender listed as a tag; it would be helpful to have a way to practice conjugation. This feature would also be helpful for languages like Russian to practice declension.

Preferably there would be a specific mode for testing similar items relative to their different tags, ie. you would be given a verb, the interface would ask "what is this word's [infinitive] form", with the value of [x] being determined by the tag(s) that differentiate the word you were given and the word you're being tested on, then show it when you press the space bar.

Perhaps there should also be a way to disable practicing certain tags, so for example in german one might not want to practice the many inflected forms of participles, so that should be disabled. It should also be possible in reading mode to show conjugations/inflections in a table in the definition field.

Don't know if this has been suggested already, but if just the translation column of a spreadsheet import could be selected to combine with the existing translation fields? Perhaps with a / or *** separator?

For words with multiple readings, or where the meaning changes a great deal in context, this could be useful. Especially when importing lists according to level, since you lose details with both overwrite and skip options.

Although it might cause redundancies, if it was an option in the 'select column' list like 'translation, combine' then it could be selected when needed.

: ) Awesome work btw.