Progressive Immersion

Progressive Immersion

A browser extension that progressively immerses you in a language.

What is Progressive Immersion?
Progressive Immersion is a browser extension that progressively immerses you in a language by translating frequent words in the sites you read. It expands your vocabulary and helps you learn a new language through immersion.
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Stats
Users: 25 ▲ 1
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 0.8.9 (Last updated: 2024-01-05)
Creation date: 2023-06-10
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • alarms
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • downloads
Host permissions:
  • https://translate.google.com/*
Size: 71.11K
URLs: Website
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Summary

A browser extension that progressively immerses you in a language. Using Google Translate we translate frequent words in sites you read to a language you want to learn! This will not teach you a language but instead hopefully expand your vocab.

This extension is open-source and we do not track your data. BUT, it does send words selected to be translated directly to Google Translate, which can be a privacy risk. You should add websites you want the extension not to analyze to the exclusion list, or turn the extension off before visiting them. Be warned though that the extension starts to analyze a page when it starts to load so you should turn it off or add a page to the exclusion list before loading it.

View the source code or contribute here: https://github.com/AidanWelch/ProgressiveImmersion

And, sponsor the project here: https://github.com/sponsors/AidanWelch

User reviews
Great tool for learning vocabulary while browsing reddit, or any other site! It can be a little buggy on some sites in the current state, but it's easy to whitelist or blacklist sites as needed. Because of how it works, it doesn't always teach correct grammar or sentence structure. But if you're strictly trying to build vocabulary, and keep that caveat in mind, it's quite effective.
by Kyle Newbrough Kyle Newbrough, 2024-01-20
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Safety
Risk impact

Progressive Immersion is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Progressive Immersion if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Progressive Immersion is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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