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🎉PNL Pro is finally here, check out the 90% off Launch Deal! 🚀
• • riverAfter a long journey, I’m thrilled to announce that PNL Pro is now live with version v6.0.0 on Dictionariez
✨ Free Features Added Along the Way
! It took time and care to get here, and I’m so excited to share this milestone with you.
Thank you for being part of this adventure! 🌟While working on Pro, I didn’t stand still. In the meantime, I’ve added several highly requested features for everyone:
📖 PNL Reader: A brand-new tool to make any web page easier and prettier to read. Enjoy a distraction-free reading experience right in your browser! 📄 PDF Reader: Now fully compatible with Dictionariez, so you can look up words directly in PDFs. This was one of the most requested features from users, and I’m happy to deliver it for free.These updates make the PNL platform more powerful and useful for all users, whether you’re using the free or Pro version.
🆕 What’s New in v6.0.0?Here’s what’s included in the latest release:
🏅 Introduced PNL Pro: Unlock advanced features and support the project. ☁️ Enabled cloud sync for local history (Pro users): No more worrying about Chrome’s storage quota—sync unlimited words across devices. 🗑️ Automatically remove oldest history items when exceeding Chrome storage quota: For free users, your oldest words are now automatically managed so you don’t lose recent lookups. 🖱️ Added dblclick option: You can now choose to trigger lookup only on double-click, for more control. 🧐 Improved word validation checks: More accurate detection of valid words in any language. 🧪 Expanded unit test coverage: Even more reliable and robust. ☁️ Why Cloud Sync MattersThe main feature of PNL Pro right now is Cloud Sync. Chrome extensions have a strict storage quota, you can only save about 500 words before you start losing your oldest entries. With Cloud Sync, you get unlimited word history:
🚫 No more worrying about losing words you’ve looked up. 🔄 Your history and preferences are safely stored and accessible across all your devices. 🗺️ What’s Next? The RoadmapPNL Pro is just getting started! Here’s what’s planned for the future:
🤖 AI-Powered Definitions: Get word definitions from advanced AI models. Since AI services have real costs, this feature will be part of the Pro plan. 🔊 Read Out Loud with AI Pronunciation: In PNL Reader, you’ll soon be able to have web content read aloud with natural AI voices — perfect for language learners and accessibility. Auto translate subtitles to your language on Captionz for any video.Your support as a Pro user will help make these features possible!
🏷️ 90% Off Launch DealTo celebrate, I’m offering an exclusive 90% off launch deal for early adopters.
Get PNL Pro for as little as 4.2 SEK / $0.45 (regular price 42 SEK / $4.50) if you sign up now!
🚀 How to Upgrade Open Dictionariez or visit pnl.dev/pro. Complete your purchase and enjoy cloud sync instantly! 🙏 Thank You⏳ This is a limited-time offer to thank our amazing community and gather feedback from our first Pro users.
Thank you for your patience and support throughout this journey. Your feedback and encouragement have been invaluable in making PNL Pro a reality.
I can’t wait to see how cloud sync and all the new features help you on your language journey — and I look forward to building even more great tools with your support.If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out.
Happy exploring and learning! 🌍Ready to go Pro? Upgrade now and save 90%!
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A Plan for the development of Dictionariez Pro, your input is needed!
• • riverOver the past few weeks, I have been busy upgrading our community website pnlpal.dev to make it better host dictionaries and other learning resources. Than last week I have also started the challenging task of refactoring Dictionariez to meet Google's new Manifest V3 standards. It turns out to be a ton of hell work.
It made me realize that it's been quite a while since I have added any major new features to Dictionariez. Most of the updates have been just bugfixes, and the progress has been painstakingly slow. A big reason for this is the lack of incentives. I did receive some generous donations from a few of our amazing users, and I deeply appreciate the coffees, but it hasn't been enough to make a significant difference in the prospect of the project or my personal life.
Working on Dictionariez is something I love, but keeping an open-source project going requires more than just passion—it needs resources and time. Seeing the potential of Dictionariez and hearing your requests for new functionalities has been quite motivating but also a bit frustrating. I know there’s so much more I can do to make Dictionariez better. Balancing daily life with the desire to improve Dictionariez has been tough though. It's more and more clear to me that while the love for Dictionariez is strong, a more structured incentive could really help make some of these great ideas happen.
So here is the Plan:
To speed things up and better integrate into the software market, I’m excited to announce the launch of a pro version of Dictionariez.
Of course the basic features of Dictionariez will stay free. The pro version will include some awesome enhancements that won’t interfere with the daily workflow of the basic version but will offer advanced features for power users. Some of these enhancements have been on our GitHub issues list for years, and many of you have requested them via Telegram, Discord, and even personal emails. Imagine how cool it would be to make these ideas a reality! Here are a few examples that could be included in the pro version:
Advanced text parsers for languages like CJK Sentence translation capabilities Customizable Anki fields Mobile version Cloud-based word synchronization PDF lookup functionalityThese features will take a lot of time and effort, but they’ll be super beneficial and I’m sure many of you will love them.
Your Opinion Matters:
I need your feedback to make this happen. Do you support the idea of a pro version? How much would you be willing to pay for it, and in what ways could you support its development? I’m thinking about a subscription model, like many other software services out there. Let me ask you straightly.
Would you be willing to pay the equivalent of 1, 2, or 3 cups of coffee per month for Dictionariez Pro? What specific features would you like to see included?
Please share your thoughts in the comments. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of Dictionariez.
Thank you for your continued support!
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Inside Europe’s Falling Test Lab
• • riverThis video is so cool! It dives into what happens to your brain in zero gravity, showing both the quick changes during weightless flights and the long-term effects astronauts deal with after being in space.
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Welcome to the language exchange channel, find your language partner here
• • river🌍 Welcome, Language Explorers!
This space is dedicated to help you find a language partner from anywhere in the world! 🌐
It was inspired by a dear friend of mine who had this wonderful idea. I loved it and thought: why not make it real? So here we are! 💖We’ve got lots of language learners and polyglots here. I am sure everyone knows at least one language and is probably learning another. 🤓
Looking to exchange languages? 💬
Do you speak a language someone else is eager to learn? 🎯
Then you’re in the right place! ✅If you haven’t found someone offering the language you're looking for, don’t worry, just post your own offer! 💌
📝 When creating your post, follow this simple template:
1. A brief introduction of yourself.Tell us your name and where you're from, just a general location like “Sweden” is enough! This helps others align time zones with you. 🌎
2. Which language can you offer?
Sharing a few hobbies 🎨🎮🎸 can also help you connect with like-minded friends.To get something, you gotta give something! 💡
3. Which language do you want to learn?
Let people know what you can help them with.Human languages, programming languages 👩💻, or even alien languages 👽, just no pigeon talk 🐦😄
4. How often would you like to exchange?Once a week? An hour per session? Be clear so people know what to expect.
5. How can others contact you?You can be messaged right here, or if you've joined our Discord server 🎧, you can chat by voice or video there too!
🏷️ Don’t forget to add tags to your post!
Use tags like Offering English or Seeking Swedish so others can find you more easily 🔍Thanks for being part of this community. Have fun and happy language learning! 🎉🌟
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Offering English, Chinese, Swedish | Seeking Japanese
• • Arya1. Brief introduction about yourself:My name is Arya, I live in Sweden (CET Zone). I work as a substitute teacher in the public schools currently. In my spare time, I play boardgame with friends, online and offline.
2. Which language can you offer?I can offer Chinese (Mandarin), English and Swedish.
3. Which language do you want to learn?I am learning Japanese and would really like to find a pal to practice oral Japanese with.
4. How often would you like to exchange?Once a week suits me best, I am open every weekend, after 6 PM.
5. How can others contact you?DM me here on the website or in our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/sazRac4kSa
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Google Search Console reports duplicate field url for my site
• • riverGoogle Search Console reports a critical issue ⚠️ for pnl.dev: a 'duplicate URL property' is preventing my website from being indexed 🚫.
It turns out the problem was caused by a small HTML attribute: itemprop="url" 🧩. This attribute is part of Microdata, used to define metadata for search engines. But if misused, it can confuse crawlers and hurt indexing 📉.
Read more details in my blog article👉 https://revir.github.io/2025/07/13/Coding-Google-Search-Console-reports-duplicate-field-url/
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Captionz - major update to make youtube more useful for language learning.
• • riverHey! Hope you had an awesome weekend.
Just wanted to share an update I’m really excited about: I’ve been working on Captionz, and it just got a major upgrade! 🎉 It now supports language-specific search, which means you can search for words spoken in a particular language inside YouTube videos.
So, for example—if you’re learning Swedish like I am—you can type in any Swedish word (or English word?), and Captionz will show you YouTube videos where people are actually speaking Swedish. No more digging through irrelevant content. It’s like turning YouTube into your own personal language-learning search engine.
Ever tried using YouTube to learn a language?Maybe you're following some cool SFI teachers or native speakers on YouTube—maybe it’s French, Spanish, Japanese, whatever. That’s awesome, but YouTube doesn’t really give you good tools to learn from those videos, right? That's where Captionz comes in. It’s made specifically for language learners who want to use real, native content to study smarter.
Here’s what it can do:
Dual subtitles? Yep. See both the original language and your native language side-by-side. Super helpful for understanding context and structure.
A-B repeat? You got it. Replay a sentence or phrase over and over until it sticks. (Yes, it’s that good ol’ A-to-B loop feature from back in the day!)
Search any word or phrase? Big yes. Want to hear how native speakers say “hej då” or “ça va”? Search it and boom—real people saying it in real videos.
Add notes? Kind of. Right now, you can add notes during the video, and they’ll fly across the screen like flying bullets. It’s a fun start, but still in development—private notes and better note management are on the roadmap.
Why this mattersThis project really means a lot to me. I love YouTube, and I genuinely believe it’s one of the best tools for language learning. There’s always someone out there creating exactly what you need to hear or see—you just need a better way to find it. That’s the whole idea behind Captionz.
Whether you're just starting out or you're already deep into your language journey, I hope Captionz makes it easier, more interactive, and honestly, more fun.
A few quick tips to get the most out of Captionz
Use dual subtitles to compare sentence structure and learn natural phrasing.
Loop tricky sentences with A-B repeat and shadow them until they sound natural.
Search new words you encounter in lessons and see how they’re actually used by native speakers.
Follow channels in your target language and combine them with Captionz for a powerful study combo.
Thanks for reading this far! 😄 I’d love for you to try it out and let me know what you think. More features are in the works, and your feedback helps shape where this goes next.
By the way—what language are you learning right now? And do you have a favorite YouTube channel for it? Comment under the topic. I’m always looking for good recommendations!
Happy learning!
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