Glisten · Language Podcasts User Reviews

Name: Glisten · Language Podcasts
Rating: 4.5 (26 reviews)

Glisten · Language Podcasts

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Incredibly underrated app!

I haven’t seen any other app that provides the ability to listen to English first, and then listen to the same sentence in your target language twice. This is such a game changing feature— well done! Seriously, well done!

Worldly Bridges

5 months ago

Just keeps crashing

Visually pleasing but not intuitive navigate, which would be fine if it didn’t crash every time I try to listen to something.

2leafs

9 months ago

Response from developer

Please get in touch with our support team. We should be able to help. Email: support@glisten.ist

Okay just fir podcasts alone but the rest doesn’t work well

I guess it’s fine just as a podcast listening app but the features you want for language learning work poorly (at least for Korean anyway, I don’t know about other languages). It takes a long time to extract the text and when it does it will miss parts, or miswrite the parts it did get. This then leads to bad translations, and even when it does get the original text correct, the translations are often still poor to the point of being nonsensical. It would also be better if you could look at the translation for a single word only, and save the word in the app. I end leaving the app to look up words and save them elsewhere.

At the moment, I don’t think this app alone is really worth it unfortunately. If I want to listen to foreign podcasts, I can just use normal podcast platforms. And if I want audio with high quality transcripts and translations, I would use a normal language learning app or website that I can be sure is accurate. I think this app is relying on AI too much when the technology just isn’t there to give quality results.

QueenLydia_x

a year ago

Response from developer

Sorry you have experienced some issues with Korean. We recently improved the extraction of Asian languages. By default, Glisten uses Apple’s built-in dictation tools, but if you go to the settings and choose Whisper, it should work a lot better for Korean. The first time you use it, it will have to download a large model file, but after that it should be fast and much more accurate. We’ll see what we can do in future regarding selecting individual words. One advantage of using the translation of the whole sentence is that the context is correct. Many words are ambiguous if they are in isolation, but in a sentence take on a certain meaning. But I fully agree it would be good to have both.

Extraordinary Language Learning Tool

One of the most important things you can do in gaining mastery of another language is extensive listening and speaking practice. Over the years, I have used various apps and other devices to improve my listening and speaking skills. And, out of all of them, the one I have found the most useful and the most enjoyable to use is Glisten. It is a fantastic app for improving your listening comprehension, pronunciation, and overall fluency. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

timbo57

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the support!

Useful tool

Glisten essentially does two things: first, it creates realtime subtitles for podcasts you might be using for language study— you basically get to read along as you listen (you can search the Apple podcast ecosystem from with the app, or import via a feed’s URL); in addition, the app gives you the ability to adjust the speed of playback and (automatically) insert pauses and repeat loops for sentences. The developer calls the different settings « listening workouts » but I think of them more like « gears » that you use to adjust the settings as appropriate….. much as a cyclist will gear down a little before a steep hill. For example, I just played a most of a podcast at regular speed— wanting to focus on a particular passage, I changed settings so it slowed playback down a bit and briefly paused between sentences. This is a useful tool for any language learner—I’m using it with French podcasts and definitely recommend. I’m happy enough to change from a monthly to a yearly subscription. 👍🚴

wordsummit

3 years ago

Response from developer

I really like the analogy of gearing down. It's a great way to describe what Glisten does. I also like to think of it is Augmented Audio. Augmented Reality is generally about what you see, where Augmented Audio is the same thing, but for listening. The device changes the audio in various ways, and can insert content, to make it more understandable.

Best Language App! Great Features!

I’ve spent years studying a few languages in endless ways. This app provides the best features to develop actual comfort and confidence in a language you are studying. It allows a variety of ways to listen and read at the same time. It has a bunch of different ‘workout’ methods. It’s super convenient, using easily available podcasts right from within the app. You can also set it to Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced, and switch whenever you want.

I love this app! It’s what I’ve been searching for—a way to use “comprehensible input” (the most highly regarded method in language learning today), without any struggle, and for it to be fun—being able to change workout styles whenever you feel like it—keeps the whole process fresh.

I hope more and more people get excited about this app, so that the developer will keep working on it. I’m using it on both iPhone and iPad, so that’s excellent too. Absolutely recommend this if you really want to develop you language ability!

lovin the phone

3 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying Glisten. We’ll do our best to keep improving it.

¡Excelente!

I teach/learn Spanish through hosting the Medical Spanish Podcast, and I just tried this application out, and I love it. The transcription is auto generated, so there will be a few errors, but they’re rare. It’s an awesome way to immerse yourself in Spanish, and be able to repeat things and see the transcript when needed. If you hear a phrase or word you want to add to your vocabulary, you can easily go back and find it, listen to it again and you can even copy it and paste it into a note for later reference. Love it! Bravo!

Doc Molly