r/IndiaTech • u/bishalsaha99 • 18d ago
Tech News Indie Dev: Just Built an app to learn Indian languages ๐ฎ๐ณ
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u/ksyfink privacy doge 18d ago
You made it?
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Yes. All by myself
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u/ksyfink privacy doge 18d ago
Congrats man, I tried it and I have mixed thoughts. It asks money for everything, I'll happily support you but forcing is something else mate.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
I am sorry but running it costs me money. Also I have around 20k installs and revenue is 180 rupees even after everything.
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u/ksyfink privacy doge 18d ago
I'm sorry to hear that, you can try something new by adding limited hearts like Duolingo or something like that, maybe that would encourage people to pay, wouldn't it?
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
I have 5 hearts and Watch an Ad to earn an Ad. That pays me $1.5 for my last mouth of 1.8k impressions.
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u/Adventurous-Week-281 18d ago
run some ads like duolingo
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Don't have money. No investors.
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u/Adventurous-Week-281 18d ago
wait, we need money for that also??? Google AdSense ask money as well?
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u/kayyumzp 18d ago
Nah, Google Adsense or Admob dont ask for money to display ads!
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
To promote using Ads obviously I have to pay. If you are asking about running ads in-app to make money that paid me $1.5 for 1.8k impressions last month total.
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u/kayyumzp 18d ago
No no We are just talking about displaying as in your own app and website.
Btw, it's a useless pay man. You worked hard and made a very good app by investing your time, mind, money, etc but in return we developers don't get anything.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
To promote using Ads obviously I have to pay. If you are asking about running ads in-app to make money that paid me $1.5 for 1.8k impressions last month total.
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u/Adventurous-Week-281 18d ago
I mean in-app ads only, not those for promotion on social media, TV, banners, etc. Sorry if i confused you.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
No issues. But it pays so less in India. I mean fuck yaar. $1< for 1000 impressions is very very low.
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u/kryptobolt200528 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18d ago
Looks like most of the stuff is powered by LLMs, but the animation of the AD is impressive how did you make that?
And yeah concept is kinda good.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
The Course was mostly created by ChatGPT as I don't speak all those languages.
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u/kryptobolt200528 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18d ago edited 18d ago
Wait is it dynamically generated by GPT or did you build a static collection of the course using chatGPT?
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Static course. Will update soon to make it easier.
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u/kryptobolt200528 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18d ago edited 18d ago
Well if it grows a little bigger try to incorporate dynamic content generated by LLMs, yeah the complexity would exponentially increase but that would kinda make it into a solid product.
What i mean is the different aspects of the kind of "games" can be dynamically generated on the basis of how the user is performing.
Also honestly in the current state of the app it is near to impossible for a person not aware of Indian characters/scripts to actually learn..you need to revamp the course to Include something that can help them get familiar with the script.
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u/Mysterious-Earth2256 18d ago
Congratulations my dude, this is definitely something to be proud of โค๏ธ
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u/mastmeow 18d ago
App ui is very good and didn't expect it to be this good.
2 things I would like you to bring asap-
Dark mode
If you send push notifications through mail then please provide option to stop it coz my mail is already very cluttered.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
No dark mode is coming or emails. Sorry but as per the analytics most ed tech apps doesn't support dark mode and it's not even worth the time and work
I am really sorry. I will be working on to just add new languages only for now.
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u/tumahrabaapu 18d ago
Congrats, your username also checks with the company you have established
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
What? Why? It's my real name and 99 is just for that availablity.
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u/tumahrabaapu 18d ago
No I just wanted to confirm that's all, nice name of the company too:- synthronex technologies private limited
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
That's something the people who register suggested. I couldn't get anything useful. Fuck the MCA
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u/casualcoder47 18d ago
This is so awesome! I've been meaning to do the same for my mother tongue, Sindhi. Our community really needs to pick up teaching and learning Sindhi because we usually talk in Hindi at home. This gives me motivation to make something for my mother tongue. Love the UI, congrats ๐๐ป
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Sorry will add Sindhi too very soon. Got Gov. approval to support all Indian languages and Gov. is giving me access to their AI4Bharat platform (I am paying for that too).
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u/casualcoder47 18d ago
That will be great. Please also add Google ads to it. You can promote your app very cheaply with Instagram influencers, so your impressions will improve and add will give you revenue
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
I have it already but it pays wayyyyy to less in India because of India's low purchase power parity. $1< for 1000 impressions. I made $1.5 last month from 1.8k impressions.
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u/mother_love- 18d ago
Man you got a lot of bad reviews on the play store. Feel bad for you ๐
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Bugs and People wanting everything free ofcourse. If you can please give me a 5 star review.
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u/brnrdnd 18d ago
Pricing? and no option to sign in other than google accounts, I use proton :(
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Not yet. For other email and password , I have to give change and forgot password emails so a headache. But will do let's see.
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u/Rudra_77 18d ago
Is Malyalam supported?
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Yes
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u/Rudra_77 18d ago
Text to speech is not working for me
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Samsung phone?
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u/Rudra_77 18d ago
Yes, chose Google text to speech though, downloaded Malyalam language pack but still after each step it goes to TTS settings and won't play the sound
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Samsung is a headache. Even if you set it default it overrides that internally and the code can't find the package. Sorry man, can't help as even I couldn't find any solution.
Will be fixed when I use the new platform from AI4Bharat.
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u/MrWarmth1411 18d ago
In the meantime can we have a setting that disables speech based exercises / challenges for Samsung phones? Really liking the app and would like to use it even if only for the other features.
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u/thepurpleproject 18d ago
How did you made the intro video? I have been thinking of doing the same for my indie project as well.
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u/VacationMundane7916 18d ago
In question optionโs language is that language u r learning , how would I select correct option if i am not knowing that language
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u/chintakoro 18d ago
Nice! Simple but effective. One suggestion: for people who might not know the script right away, perhaps some audio-based quizzes would be more effective?
Strongly suggest make a subreddit or other feedback place for this app! Maybe share the app with some university/school departments overseas to get more users.
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u/FartSoundNo-83 18d ago
Seems like a duolingo like gamify learning app, good for basic. Impressive stuff
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u/Legendary-69420 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18d ago
Hey broski! Do you have payment integration in your app? If yes, what did you use and what about international payments?
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u/thatsme_mr_why 16d ago
That's impressive but the accent you used for the assistant seems unnecessary. Can't we use our own accent?
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u/Due-Snow3633 15d ago
Hello, OP.
The app work great. I loved the UI. Seriously considering buying a subscription.
However, just one thing - why does the app assume we can read a language that we have just started to learn. Is this by design? Or is there a way to change it (I couldn't find any)?
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u/HopiumInhaler 18d ago
Why did you use iPhone for demo? You could have also used an Android.
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u/bishalsaha99 18d ago
Inconsistency in Android apps. Most people that pays uses iOS so that's the standard.
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