There are many mind mapping applications out there. It lets you create neat looking mind maps in the browser.ĭid you know that it is still available offline? You can use the app wherever you are, there is no need for an internet connection, everything happens inside your browser on your machine. This is a prototype of an HTML5 based mind mapping application. The project is now open sourced and on Github for developer contribution, we expect great things. We give it two huge thumbs up and highly recommend you giving it a try, go to not doctor Richard (lol). You can save your files in the cloud, It supports Google, Dropbox and more, or you could save the file locally (JSON), there is even a browser-based experimental saving option.īy the way, you can use the ‘red dot’ to create new nodes, as well as the examples I demo in the video. This is a full-featured mind mapping application solution and you just can't beat the free price. It’s my favorite action I’ve created in Keyboard Maestro so far." Mindmaps" is a free mindmapping html 5 web based application by David Richard. So, I concocted a little KeyBoard Maestro expansion that copies a word, opens Safari, clears the text in the box, and pastes the copied word, and searches for the word. I’m not sure how it works behind the scenes, but the website doesn’t return a new URL or search query, it just appears on the page. I use an older website called Amebis to look up conjugations of words in Slovene. Unfortunately, not all websites are as good as PONS. I mentioned the PopClip option to search for words on the PONS dictionary. To do that, just create a new snippet in TextExpander, place the character you want to type in your target language in the Content box and the default Option + Letter character in the Abbreviation box. So, I set TextExpander to automatically replace the Option + C or S or Z letters to replace with ?, š, and ž, or in the capital variety when I hold Shift + Option + C or S or Z. I never use the French c with a goatee (ç), the German little l 3 (ß) or Omega (?). On the Mac the system also creates different letters if you hold down the option button and press the letter. That’s handy, but I never need the other versions of the letters when I’m typing, so it takes a few extra steps. 3Anyway, if you press and hold on a letter key when you’re on an iOS device or Mac, you have an option to choose a different variety of that letter. Using TextExpander for non-English characters I just use the default Evernote Drafts’ setting with the title of the note changed to my vocabulary list and change it from create to prepend, so my newest words are at the top.ģ. That means all the new words I’ve heard but haven’t figured out the meaning to are in the same list I can reference and research. ![]() I type those words in a draft 2and have an Evernote action set up to append those words to a running note. ![]() I’ve found that when you’re learning a new language, you constantly have new vocabulary you hear but don’t understand. Using Drafts to keep track of new wordsĪnother oft-praised app is Drafts, and I use it to save new words I’m learning. You can download PopMaker to make your own extensions.Ģ. I just highlight the word or phrase and click the extension and it brings up the website for me. You can customize for any languages PONS has, and it’s saved me a ton of copying and pasting and switching windows. bad) translation into Slovene.įinally, I created an extension that searches the PONS online dictionary in English and Slovene. If I go the other direction, I’m likely to get a literal (i.e. I’ve found it better to translate from Slovene to English, thus setting English as the default option since I can guess what it means if the translation is a bit off. What’s special about the second extension with the popover is that the translation is displayed and copied to your clipboard. Translating via the Google Translate website and having a pop-up translation appear.įor the latter, if I wanted to know what “Ne razumem” 1means in Slovene, I can just highlight the text and click the PopClip extension that shows the translation overhead. ![]() There are two handy extensions you can find on the PopClip website. It’s an extension that appears when you highlight text with your mouse on your Mac. I’ve mentioned my love of PopClip before. Using PopClip to make translation easier. Normally you’d consider that a third language, but when you don’t properly learn a second language the first time (read: via high school Spanish), your second second language is really your first second language.Īfter that clarification here are a couple tools I’ve been using to make language learning a bit more automatic on my Mac. I’m learning a second language for the second time.
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