LingoTube

What LingoTube is

LingoTube turns YouTube and TED videos into English close-reading lessons with synchronized bilingual subtitles and tappable word translations. Word lookup includes UK and US IPA, part of speech, a definition, an example, and a translation. Lessons highlight 1,076 A1 core English words and include talks, speeches, interviews, and talk shows. Learners can replay individual sentences and follow word highlighting while speaking along. Reading controls offer three font sizes saved per device and keyboard shortcuts for playback, sentence navigation, and replay. Transcripts come from captions published with each video; AI-assisted translations and key-word notes are checked by the team. LingoTube says it does not host or download videos: lessons embed the original video from its official YouTube channel, with playback on YouTube. The Free plan costs nothing and covers the first two lessons, word lookup, vocabulary highlights, synced subtitles, and a browser-local vocabulary list. The first 30 lines of each lesson are free without signing up; full transcripts are part of Pro. Pro Annual costs $79.99 a year and adds all lessons, lesson generation from YouTube or TED links, AI translation for users’ own videos, cross-device vocabulary sync, Anki/CSV export, and priority email support.