Hi language lovers, BigBong here
and welcome back to another review
Today, we're gonna be talking about a browser extension
I reviewed about one year ago
It's called Toucan and the reason why I'm making another
one is because they've added so many cool features in between
For instance, back then the languages available were Spanish
German, French, Italian and Portuguese
but now, in addition to them you've got Korean
Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Hindi
Before we continue, let me explain again
the concept behind Toucan and how it works
As I mentioned, its a browser extension
compatible with Google Chrome
So you can download it at jointoucan.com
But if you click on the link in the description down below
as one of my followers, you'll get the Premium subscription
for free during 6 months
Let's try with Korean
What Toucan does is to scan the page
and change some words to the targeted language
So you can see it in real time
So I'm just visiting a website that I like called worldnomads.com
And I'm on this page called
"5 Things to Know Before Visiting South Korea"
As you can see, some words are automatically changing
[BigBong reading words in Korean]
You can listen to the words with Toucan's Audio Pronunciation
which I think is very important in any language
but especially Korean because I find it very tricky to pronounce
[BigBong repeating after Toucan's Audio Pronunciation tool]
If you want to review them later
you can save them and they'll appear in your "Saved Words" list
In this list, you can decide to challenge yourself
by hiding both the translations and/or the definitions
So a word will be marked as learned
once you see it a hundred times
If you go in your settings by clicking on the little puzzle icon
you can see your daily goal
Mine is set to 500 words per day
Yeah I'm pretty motivated!
You can decided to block the effect of the extension on some websites
For example, I blocked it on governmental websites
because I wanted to be fully focused on the information
instead of taking it as an opportunity to learn languages
Or you can also pause it and set it for as long as you want
You have access do daily and weekly progress reports
so that you can track how far along you are
in becoming fluent in the language you want to learn
You have the possibility also to decide the amount
of translations you want to get on a page
Less, more, many or a lot if you get a Premium account
Then there is the option "highlight to translate"
So that's basically, if you want to translate a word
that was not automatically translated by Toucan
So for example the word South Korea
If you know a word, you can select "I know this"
And you can also contribute if a translation is not correct by reporting it
I don't know who's behind them but I really like
Toucan's images and general design
But on top of that what I really enjoy about this browser extension
is the fact that it's made to motivate you
In fact, there are also quizzes and mini-games
you can play which I personally enjoy
just to have a break from work sometimes
So for example, I'm on the Wikipedia page
for the word "Toucan" which is of course, a very famous bird
And let me show you one of the games
Preparing activities...
Catch and Match...
Balloon Pop!
Match the words with their translations
[BigBong commenting the game]
And here I have the results
There is another fun feature that's called "Own Your Word"
So basically, if you really like a particular word
you can own it for a week, not legally of course
But you can really become part of the Toucan community
and show everyone a word that means something to you
To own a word, you simply need to fill this form
and it's yours for a week
So for example, the word "dream" is taken
The word "love" is also taken but I could choose "premium"
So that's it, Toucan is here to help you
learn languages while browsing the web
It doesn't need to be more complicated than that!
In fact, apparently some researches show
that learning languages that way would be as efficient
as using flashcards or other classic techniques
But if you want my opinion, what matters the most is for you to have fun
So go out there, browse the web and learn languages!
Another problem with traditional ways of learning is the fact that
it's time consuming, here you don't have to set aside
a few hours to learn every week
Instead, they're incorporated in your daily routine
So it really feels like you're learning without even trying!
Once again, I'm pointing out that I'm using the premium subscription
The free version is great but the premium one will unlock
unlimited access to all the features with a price
that's about a Grande coffee at Starbucks once every month
But I repeat, as one of my followers, you're lucky
because you get to have it for free during 6 months
All the details in the description!
So there you have it, a new immersive and original way
to learn languages while you go about your daily life
So what are you waiting for?
Alright then, have fun learning languages
and I'll see you soon for more videos, bye!