Learning a language at 60-The technology that helps the most

The speaker, a 57-year-old learning Polish (his fourth language), uses a free AI tool called Turboscribe to enhance his learning. Turboscribe extracts accurate transcripts and audio from any YouTube video, allowing users to look up words, save vocabulary, and play back specific sentences. The downloaded transcript can then be uploaded to AI models like Google Gemini or ChatGPT to generate customized learning activities, summaries, and questions. This approach, inspired by Steven Krashen’s language acquisition theories, enables effective scaffolding and exposure to target language content for both learners and teachers.