Capture Chinese
in the wild.

Use it on your phone when Chinese shows up in real life: record a phrase, snap a sign, or search a word. NeoLinguo turns the moment into approved words, flashcards, and stories built from your vocabulary.

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01 — Voice Memos

Heard a new word? Save it before it slips away.

When you overhear something new — a phrase on the subway, a word from a friend — drop a quick voice memo. NeoLinguo transcribes the audio, pulls out the words and sentences worth keeping, and proposes pinyin, meaning, and audio. Approve only what you want.

subway-memo.m4a

18/05/2026, 14:22:03

pending review

Tap play to hear the sample, then process it into words and a sentence.

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From 中文 · Chinese To English
  1. Transcribing memo audio…
  2. Pulling reusable words & phrases…
  3. Adding pinyin, meaning, and audio…
Extracted words 4 of 4 included
  • 地铁站 dì tiě zhàn subway station
  • 买 mǎi to buy
  • 一杯 yì bēi a cup of
  • 咖啡 kā fēi coffee
Sentences and phrases 1 of 1 included
  • 我在地铁站买了一杯咖啡。 Wǒ zài dìtiě zhàn mǎi le yì bēi kāfēi. I bought a coffee at the subway station.

02 — Object Photo

Don't know the word? Just take a photo.

Snap a picture of anything around you — your lunch, your umbrella, a sign on the street. NeoLinguo identifies what's in the frame and proposes the Chinese words with pinyin and meaning. Save the ones you want, with the original photo for context.

Object photo card

In the app, snap a new photo or upload an existing one. Here's a sample so you can see what comes back.

A latte with heart-shaped art on a wooden table against a green-tiled wall

Tap "Find suggestions" to see the words NeoLinguo proposes.

  • 咖啡 Detected: coffee 92%
  • 勺子 Detected: spoon 71%
  • 杯子 Detected: cup 85%

03 — Flashcards

Review the same word from different angles.

Practice meaning, characters, and audio. Cards come back at the right time, with the words you keep meeting in memos, photos, and stories.

Choose what to test

Words climb between modes as you get them right. Ones you miss come back sooner.

04 — Stories

Read stories built from words you are learning.

Choose an easy or richer story. The audio stops at blanks, you pick the missing word, and any word can be hovered for a quick translation.

tonight · beginner · picture book 公园的早上

今天早上,我和妈妈去。天气很好。妈妈说:"看,!" 我说:"小狗很可爱。" 我们坐下。妈妈喝茶。我。后来,我们回家。我说:"今天很。"

Listen until the blank, then choose the word that fits.

05 — Smart Add

Know a word already? Add it in one tap.

Type a Chinese character or its English meaning. NeoLinguo's lookup fills in the rest — characters, pinyin, meaning, even audio. Edit anything before saving.

Manual smart add

In the app, type any Chinese character or English meaning. Here, tap a sample word to watch the lookup fill in.

Try one:
Tap a sample above to look it up

Tap a sample word to look it up.

Today's Chinese,
tomorrow's practice.

Early access opens in small waves. Use NeoLinguo from your phone when you hear or see something new, then review on phone or desktop later.

No App Store download required for early access. No spam.

FAQ

Quick answers.

Which language does NeoLinguo support today?

Chinese (Mandarin, simplified hanzi with pinyin). NeoLinguo is built end-to-end around Chinese: extraction, pronunciation, stories, and review all assume Chinese as the target language. Other languages aren't on the immediate roadmap — depth before breadth.

What does "review-first" actually mean?

Suggestions don't become study material until you accept them. Memos, photos, and lookups all produce drafts you can edit or skip before they enter your library.

What level is it for?

Beginners can use short picture-book stories. The app becomes more personal as you save more words, and richer stories work best once you know a few hundred common words.

Is NeoLinguo a mobile app?

Early access is a phone-first web app: use it in your mobile browser, install it to your Home Screen, and keep using it on desktop. A native app may come later once the real-life capture loops are proven.