Armchair critic, first episode, first reading. Jun 3, 2026

Today I discovered a new learning technique... well, actually two. The first one is about how to learn English from your daily life. It says that I can just record some everyday sentences or words, and then use AI to get the transcripts to keep on record. I could probably also just speak in Chinese, use AI to translate it into an English text, and turn it into a podcast. After that, I can listen to it over and over again to review the vocabulary. Basically, the first step is to record your daily speech. The second step is using AI to convert that audio recording into a text transcript. The third step is to turn it into a podcast. The most important step they mentioned is the review process, which involves putting that transcript into an Excel spreadsheet. The left column would be Chinese, the middle column would be English, and the last column would be the audio. You don't necessarily need that last audio column, though. Then, you cover up the English side, look at the Chinese, and try to say it in English yourself. That's exactly how you do it. Alright, let's just test this part out first.