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http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/05/24/1550203.shtml?tid=132&tid=130&tid=138 Open Source Learn foreign languages with open source software Tuesday June 13, 2006 (05:00 PM GMT) By: Dmitri Popov

When you are learning a foreign language, you need all the help you can get. Besides applications like jVLT, jMemorize, and StarDict, there are other tools that are not designed specifically for language learning, but they can make the learning process more efficient and fun. All you have to do is to think creatively.

Take, for example, Audacity. It's mostly used for tasks like recording and editing podcasts, but you can use it to create an "audio vocabulary" for your MP3 player. First of all, you need a recording containing words and expressions that you want to add to your "vocabulary"; this could be a language podcast or a recorded radio program. Open the recording in Audacity, locate the place in the recording containing the desired word, and copy it using Edit -> Copy. Create a new project by choosing File -> New and paste the selection (Edit -> Paste). Now, choose Project -> Edit ID3 Tags and type the word's translation into the Title field. Finally, save the file in MP3 format by choosing File -> Export as MP3. Note that to export projects in MP3 format, Audacity requires the LAME MP3 encoder, which must be downloaded and installed separately.

Using this technique, you can create an MP3 vocabulary, which you can then transfer to your MP3 player. Now listen to the words and try to provide their correct translations. If you don't remember the translation of a particular word, you can see it on the player's display, as long as it has the ability to display ID3 tags.