Pl*ud vs Pocket for foreign language lessons. SPOILERS: Pocket preferred

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I’ve been comparing the Pla*d vs Pocket apps side by side since receiving my Pocket across various use cases. (The hardware isn’t really part of my comparison, because they both do the job). I discovered that when it comes to foreign language lessons (multi-language conversations focused on grammar and vocabulary, summarized in English)…

…Pocket clearly dominates. The summaries were far better, more on topic, and intuitive than the competition.

Unfortunately, many of my lessons are on italki and use headphones—-I refuse to try to do this with built-in mic and speakers. I can record using system tools, but I REALLY need the ability to import externally-recorded audio.

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PS banning me from accurately referring to a competing product by name in the forum…that’s weak

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Hey @Marrek you can currently import audio using the import audio function in the header or just sharing the audio file from another app

we are really sorry about the ban looks like the automatic ai picked it up I’ll escalate this to my community team

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@mhirrrr oh dang! I missed that this feature was shipped on feedback. Thanks!

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I had missed it as well. Anyway, my intent wasn’t primarily to advocate for the import feature but to show that the difference in workflow produced more useful results in this use case with Pocket, even when (some of) the same underlying models are used