Horrible learning app as is
In its current iteration, this app literally teaches you the wrong way to hear and say Hawaiian. And I'm not talking about a specific Regional dialect. The listening feature is a very rudimentary AI bot that literally removes syllables from the words it's telling you. Imagine trying to learn a language from a platform that literally removes whole syllables from words it's telling you. That would no longer be a learning program. It would be a program that's teaching you how to speak a language wrong.
If this developer really wants this app to gain a good reputation and a good following, they need to do better.
It is sad because the work they have already done on this app is pretty good
What's even more unfortunate though is that in 2026, just average seems to be all any developer wants to be.
Excellence seems to have died when Covid hit and nobody wants to take it up again.
If this developer really wants this app to gain a good reputation and a good following, they need to do better.
It is sad because the work they have already done on this app is pretty good
What's even more unfortunate though is that in 2026, just average seems to be all any developer wants to be.
Excellence seems to have died when Covid hit and nobody wants to take it up again.
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Response from developer
Mahalo for taking the time to write this. You're right that the audio is synthesized and can drop syllables, so please don't rely on it as a pronunciation model. We're looking into how to improve it. Thank you for helping us make Olelo better.
HORRIBLE APP!
Hi, I am a fluent Hawaiian speaker. I only rated this 5 stars so that you could see this! Anyway I am VERY disappointed in this app because the first time I even opened it I played the audio that is supposed to sound like how the word is supposed to be pronounced and it was SOOOO wrong. I am very disappointed. It sounded VERY VERY bad!
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Response from developer
Thank you for letting us know, and I'm sorry the pronunciation was disappointing. We are investigating the audio quality. Could you tell us which word or phrase you heard and what sounded incorrect? Please contact us through the app's feedback option or at w-yonamine@starcrown.co.jp. Your feedback would help us identify and address the issue.
