QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5858 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese
| Message 1 of 11 25 September 2011 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
Some German publishers such as Cornlesen and Hueber releases their products as pdf and
sell apps (mostly a flashcard program or a bilingual audiobook with transcripts). These
digital products allow the learner to use an iphone or ipad to learn while they are
travelling. As you know, it can be very difficult to hold a thick book and keep changing
the track on your audio device while travelling in a crowded bus or metro. I plan to use
Assimil while I am travelling. Does anyone know whether Assimil releases their methods in
digital format such as e-book in pdf format or apps for iphones?
Thank you for your help!
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jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5421 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian
| Message 2 of 11 25 September 2011 at 11:12pm | IP Logged |
Unfortunately you can only get either books with CDs or their e-learning subscription
service but that won't be of much use to you and is available for only a limited amount
of languages.
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IHEARTLANG Newbie Switzerland Joined 6351 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Italian, French
| Message 3 of 11 26 September 2011 at 12:17am | IP Logged |
If you have the hard copy of the text you wish to study, then perhaps you could scan the pages and then use this digital file (pdf, word, etc.) for your on-the-road studyiing. And then you'll have the audio in mp3 format. You can then use both these text and audio files simultaneously on your iPod, iPad, laptop, or whatever you'll be travelling with. Good luck...
Edited by IHEARTLANG on 26 September 2011 at 12:18am
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motchmaster Senior Member United States Joined 4896 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Latin, Hungarian
| Message 4 of 11 26 September 2011 at 3:59am | IP Logged |
The books aren't that big, they could easily fit in your pocket.
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QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5858 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese
| Message 5 of 11 26 September 2011 at 9:45am | IP Logged |
motchmaster wrote:
The books aren't that big, they could easily fit in your pocket. |
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I am wearing a business suit, not those clothes with big and deep pockets which allow workers to place their tools in.
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Haukilahti Triglot Groupie Finland Joined 4967 days ago 94 posts - 126 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Polish
| Message 6 of 11 26 September 2011 at 2:42pm | IP Logged |
I actually find the Assimil books the best to carry around, if not in your pocket, then in your suitcase. I especially love the older Sans Peine, almost hardbound series, which survive well years of extensive use and abuse and all weather conditions. I am more skeptical of these newest, cheaper looking books. In my language studies Assimil has been the course I have been carrying around the most. No way I'd use Assimil with my Kindle.
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fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7149 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto
| Message 7 of 11 26 September 2011 at 3:36pm | IP Logged |
I have converted all my Assimil audio from records, cassettes and CDs to mp3 files to play on my mp3 player.
I have photocopied some of my courses to enough pages for a week's study to carry with me. I think the Assimil books would be easier to carry than the larger photocopies. I generally take copies with me when I am travelling so if I lose them I still have the originals.
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fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7149 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto
| Message 8 of 11 26 September 2011 at 3:38pm | IP Logged |
You can get free software to convert your scans to epub or mobi files which I believe can be read on Kindle. I have a cheap scanner which scans to pdf files as an option.
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