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A Plan for the development of Dictionariez Pro, your input is needed!

Over 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 functionality
These 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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Captionz - major update to make youtube more useful for language learning.

Hey! 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 matters
This 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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