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OpenSprooch.lu: Fully free and open-source tools for learning Luxembourgish

Hi everyone,

A friend and I have been working on OpenSprooch.lu:

https://opensprooch.lu/

We started building it while learning Luxembourgish ourselves. Mostly, whenever we find something that is missing or a bit painful in the learning process, we try to build a small tool for it.

Everything is free and open source.

At the moment we have:

  • LODVault: a browser extension for LOD.lu that lets you save words, add notes, review them later as flashcards, and export them.
  • Audio-Sync: a tool for listening practice. You can add Luxembourgish audio and follow the text while listening, repeat parts, and go back to things you didn't understand.
  • LOD-MCP: more technical, but it basically allows AI tools that support MCP to use LOD directly for Luxembourgish words, examples, conjugations, etc.

We are not trying to build another Luxembourgish course or replace things like LOD, LLO, teachers, or the existing learning material.

The idea is more to build tools around them that make studying a bit easier and the ecosystem more functional.

We would really like to get feedback from people actually learning the language. If you use any of the tools and something doesn't work well, you think something is missing, or you simply have an idea that would be useful, there is a contact section on the website.

Also, if you teach Luxembourgish, please reach out as well. We are especially interested in understanding what problems teachers have, or what small tools could make teaching or preparing material easier.

We would rather build things based on real problems students and teachers have than just keep adding features we think might be useful.

You can find everything here: https://opensprooch.lu/

And here you can reach us out: https://opensprooch.lu/#contact

The source code is linked there as well.

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u/m_ashour — 10 days ago
▲ 63 r/learnluxembourgish+1 crossposts

Learning Luxembourgish naturally while reading RTL articles - A Chrome Extension

Hey everyone,

While I was studying for my Sproochentest, I built a small Chrome extension called LODVault to help me keep track of the words I searched for in LOD and turn them into flashcards.

After finishing the Sproochentest, I still wanted to keep learning Luxembourgish naturally while reading articles online (without needing another dedicated app, or AI tool subscription). So I added a feature that lets you use the extension directly on Luxembourgish web pages.

It works a bit like the Google Translate extension, but instead of translating with a general tool, it uses LOD in the background. When you find a word, you can look it up, save it to your vault, and add it to your favourites.

It is fully open-source and free. You can install it here:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lodvault/gdileleimdnibmieodhnjijmepjdfgil?authuser=0&hl=en

Let me know what you think. And if you find it useful, feel free to leave a review.

u/m_ashour — 4 months ago
▲ 40 r/learnluxembourgish+1 crossposts

LOD.lu is great for looking up Luxembourgish words and finding real examples. But it has no way to save vocabulary or review what you’ve looked up.

So I built LOD-Vault. It adds that missing layer directly inside LOD.lu:

•	Auto mode tracks every word you visit

•	Manual mode lets you add words yourself

•	Generates flashcards from your saved vocab

•	Everything stays local

Install it from GitHub: https://github.com/Mohammed-Ashour/lod-vault

Chrome marketplace coming soon. Feedback welcome.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Edit:
Now Available in the chrome web store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gdileleimdnibmieodhnjijmepjdfgil?utm_source=item-share-cb

u/m_ashour — 6 months ago