Migaku makes learning Spanish from telenovelas, Netflix series like "Money Heist (La Casa de Papel)," and classic films by directors like Pedro Almodóvar easy.

This immersion-based approach means that users learn the Spanish vocabulary words and grammar points they need to do the things they enjoy, and that’s the “secret” to making rapid progress.

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Yes! Migaku works seamlessly with Spanish websites, newspapers like "El País" and "La Vanguardia," and virtually any text-based content you may find online.

As with subtitles, Migaku makes the text in webpages interactive, enabling you to click on words to get definitions of what they mean, translate the sentence they appear in, and create flashcards for later study. The platform also keeps track of words that a user knows in order to calculate roughly how difficult a particular webpage will be for that unique individual to understand. In this way, users can start with easier content, build their vocabulary, and gradually work toward understanding more difficult content with increasing independence.

Migaku's OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool transforms your surroundings into a Spanish classroom.

When you encounter unfamiliar Spanish words on menus, street signs, books, or any printed material, simply use the app’s “photo” feature to take a picture. Migaku will detect text in your picture, enable you to click words to see definitions or translations, and enable you to make flashcards on the spot. This feature is particularly valuable for travelers to Spanish-speaking countries or anyone wanting to learn from authentic Spanish materials they encounter in daily life, turning every Spanish text into a learning opportunity.

Unlike traditional apps that rely on textbook-like exercises, Migaku has users learn Spanish by directly engaging with the Spanish media they’re personally interested in.

Basically, Migaku is a comprehensive language-learning toolbox. With the ability to immediately look up unknown words, get AI breakdowns of difficult sentences, and extract useful learning opportunities into flashcards, we make it possible to begin enjoying (and learning from) native media much sooner than would normally be possible. More importantly, when you learn Spanish by interacting with newspapers, telenovelas, and interesting content, Spanish vocabulary and grammar sticks better.

If you’re new to immersion-based learning approaches, see this video for more information:

A spaced-repetition system is essentially an algorithm-backed deck of flashcards. Migaku builds a personalized learning schedule for each user, assigning new cards (words) to learn each day and determining which old ones should be reviewed. User performance with these flashcards is also tracked: you’ll be asked to review cards you struggle with more often and ones you know well less often.

This is a science-backed learning approach that is very effective for learning and remembering Spanish vocabulary. So long as you stay consistent with your reviews, you will eventually remember anything you make a flashcard out of.

Absolutely! Migaku assigns a unique learning status to every word you interact with:

This information is used to calculate a personalized comprehension score for every piece of Spanish content you interact with, assigning them an approximate difficulty level. This visual progress tracking provides tangible evidence of your Spanish learning journey and ensures you learn with media that is suitable for your level.

This is one of the product’s core features: Migaku revolutionizes Spanish sentence mining by automating what used to be a time-consuming manual process.

Sentence mining on Migaku looks like this:

This streamlined sentence mining process makes Spanish immersion very easy: the entire process of looking up a word and turning it into a flashcard takes less than a second. As such, you’re able to build your vocabulary from native media effortlessly.

Migaku offers affordable Spanish learning starting at $10 USD per month:

Any subscription provides unlimited access to all features—the word-lookup system, one-click flashcard creation, spaced repetition studying, progress tracking, beginner courses, and more. An EA (Early Access) subscription provides beta access to new features before they are made public.

To subscribe, or to see which features are currently in EA, see Migaku's pricing page.