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Yeah, unfortunately I find the content in Aozora Bunko not all that interesting. Or at least, I don't know how to find good content in it. I actually built a proof-of-concept of a "Books" tab in Nihongo using Aozora Bunko, but I found it sort of unsatisfying, so I never pursued it further. I haven't used Wakaru before, I'll have to check that out.

I'll explore the audiovisual ideas more, that's pretty interesting, thanks. I'd love to have user-generated content in the app, like the ability to share decks. Seems like that could be a good way to handle image rights as well.

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I've got the same problem with finding decent content in Aozora Bunko. For me, the main issue is how to find content which matches my level (actually being interesting being the other problem, but seemingly harder to solve).

I set up a really hacky "grader" algorithm and run it on a bunch of the Aozora Bunko books, then put them online [1]. The very "easiest" books are kinda boring, but it is certainly easier finding usable material in that list than looking in Aozora Bunko itself. The one I've found most interesting so far is 銀河鉄道の夜 [2]

[1] http://www.readyourgrade.com/

[2] http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000081/files/43737_19215.html

Ohh this is cool. Very nicely put together!

This is awesome. I'd love to have these kind of features in Nihongo.

memrise.com handles media how Blahah described. User-submitted and it's the users' responsibility instead of Memrise's responsibility.

Mnemonics is essentially audiovisual cues to aid learning. Memrise is largely centered around them.

You might be able to borrow concepts, although this is making an assumption that you have not heard of Memrise.

I've heard of Memrise, but haven't really spent any time playing with it. In fact, I just checked my phone and it looks like I downloaded it at some point and never opened it. Adding it to my list to check out, thanks!

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