Vako: Learn Languages by Video

Learn Japanese, Spanish or Korean by watching what native speakers actually watch. Vako is a vertical feed of real short-form video in the language you are learning, with the original transcript under it, the English translation one tap away, and every word tappable for a meaning you can save. Nothing here is a lesson. It is the feed you would have scrolled anyway, in a language you are learning — which is why you open it again tomorrow. WATCH A clip plays from YouTube with its creator credited under it. The transcript sits underneath, and the word being spoken lights up as you hear it, so you can read ahead of a fast talker without losing your place in the line. Japanese words carry their kana reading above them, and you can switch that to Latin letters while you are still learning the alphabet. Korean carries a romanisation. Every clip is tagged A1 to C1, so you know what you are…