Tamagana

Tamagana: Learn languages by reading and listening to texts you care about

Tamagana is a language-learning app built around reading and listening, where learners generate or open texts on their own interests, hear them read aloud and tap any unknown word for a translation in context. Each text then feeds exercises such as dictation and pronunciation practice, so the same vocabulary gets reinforced by ear and by voice.

Key Features

• AI-generated texts: Create reading texts around a chosen topic or interest, or open an existing text from the library.
• Listen to any text: Play audio of the text while reading, with multiple audio voices and downloadable practice audio on the Pro plan.
• Tap-to-translate: Tap a word to see its translation in the chosen interface language and full word information without leaving the text.
• Dictation exercise: Listen to each sentence, type what you hear and compare it word by word.
• Pronunciation exercise: Read sentences aloud and see which words you pronounce clearly.
• More practice formats: Flashcards, sentence building and translation exercises built from the vocabulary in each text.
• Script support: Show the original script, transcription, transliteration (for example kana and Latin for Japanese) and translations, with fonts tailored to non-Latin scripts.
• 33 languages: Including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Turkish, Esperanto and Latin.
• Learn outside the app: A Chrome extension translates and saves words on YouTube and other sites, and a Telegram bot translates and explains any message.

Use Cases

• Intermediate learners: Building vocabulary through texts on topics they already enjoy rather than isolated drills.
• Listening practice: Training the ear with read-aloud texts and dictation before real conversations.
• Speaking confidence: Checking pronunciation by reading sentences aloud and spotting the words that need work.
• Non-Latin scripts: Reading Japanese, Korean, Chinese or Cyrillic texts with transliteration and translation layers on demand.

Pricing

The Free plan covers AI-generated texts, tap-to-translate study tools and basic audio. Pro costs EUR 6.50 per month on the annual plan (EUR 77.99 billed yearly) after a 7-day free trial, and adds your own texts, multiple audio voices, audio downloads, tailored fonts and very high audio and translation limits. The Chrome extension works with a free account.

Getting Started

• Website: tamagana.com
• Pricing: tamagana.com/pricing
• Tools: tamagana.com/apps

Tamagana turns reading into a full language workout, pairing interest-driven texts with audio, dictation and pronunciation practice across 33 languages. The app is currently in beta.