LAOS — The mandarin learning companion Chrome Extension

LAOS is the chinese learning toolbox! Including a popup translator, personalised exercises and much more!.
LAOS is your companion to lear mandarin! It not only offers an elegant pop-up translator but also a personal dictionary and various exercises (such as memory cards, list writing, fill sentences…)

All of these, bundled in a minimalist and modern-looking environment for a colourful and engaging learning experience.

?NEW !!! You can now scan subtitles from your favorites vlogs with the laos image recognition tool ! (ALT+S)

⚡️HIGHLIGHTS ⚡️

- Translate and look-up more that 110 000 mandarin words while browsing the web and reading mandarin.

- add countless words to your personal dictionary on a single touch

- Choose up to 4 types of exercises and display modes to learn and play with your own list of words, at your own pace.

- Look for words examples and usage on Tatoeba.org

- Access the main settings just by clicking the laos icon

- A notification system allows you to learn passively while you’re doing other tasks or simply browsing the web.

- Scan and look-up words from your favorites videos

- Convert websites to either simplified or traditional Chinese

? HOW TO use ?

- Simply point at mandarin words to pop-up the translator

- Click on the words to display the Pinyin bubble below it

- Press R if you wish to save it to your personal dictionary

- Press alt + T to see examples and usage on Tatoeba.org

- Press alt + E to open the laos center where your dictionary and the exercises await. (The LAOS center can also be accessed by clicking the laos icon via the button open laos)

- In the LAOS center, choose between the 4 exercises modes on the left bar

- Press alt + S to start the LAOS Image recognition tool to look-up words from your favorites videos

? FEATURES ?

- A user-friendly and refined interface, aiming for the essential while avoiding austerity

- Switch between simplified or traditional

- Color scheme for tones for an easier memorisation and better distinction

- Easy access to main settings

- Zhuyin (Bopomofo) support

- In-app help bubble

- dark mode available

- notification system displaying a random word from your list every 10 or 20 minutes

- Switch between 4 display modes and exercises (table, flashcard, big display and fill sentences)

- Many options are available in each modes for an efficient end customised learning

- ocr image recognition technology to scan subtitles from videos

? TO COME ?

- Better gamification (score system, eye-candy animations…)

- A progress panel made of stats and graphs, displaying your improvement over time

- Exporting your list under many formats such as pdf, xls(x) or txt

- More advanced settings

- A side panel allowing the user to remove words without having to switch to the LAOS center

- Bug fixes

LAOS is young, but full of ambition: many more features are coming ! ?

How to install LAOS — The mandarin learning companion chrome extension in chrome Browser

You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the LAOS — The mandarin learning companion Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.

• Step 1: Go to the Chrome webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore or download the extension LAOS — The mandarin learning companion Chrome Extension Download from https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com
• Step 2: Now search for the LAOS — The mandarin learning companion in Chrome Webstore Search and click on the search button.
• Step 3: click on the LAOS — The mandarin learning companion Chrome Extension Link
• Step 4: in the next page click on the Add to Chrome button to Download and Install the LAOS — The mandarin learning companion extension for your Chrome Web browser .