About Linguadrop

Who runs Linguadrop

Alfred van der Heide designs, builds and operates Linguadrop. The business address is 2724 Újlengyel, Petőfi Sándor utca 48., Hungary.

“I built Linguadrop because I wanted to learn Hungarian through real-world content, not boring textbooks.” Alfred van der Heide

How stories are made

1. Headlines come from the NewsData.io news feed, restricted to five publishers: BBC, Reuters, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Associated Press.
2. For each story, a commercial large language model (Linguadrop runs on Google Gemini or OpenAI GPT models) receives the headline, the short summary from the feed and the link to the original report. The model has no web access, so it works only from that headline and summary.
3. The model writes a new, shorter story in the language you are learning at the chosen level, a translation of each sentence, a gloss for each word, a vocabulary list and three quiz questions.
4. Automated checks reject output that contains characters from an unrelated writing system or text about the model itself (for example “as an AI” or “let me search”). Rejected output is not published.
5. Every story page names the original publisher and links to the original article. The adapted text is credited to Linguadrop, not to the publisher, because the publisher did not write it.

No person reviews each story before it is published. The checks above are automatic.

Editorial and AI policy

What AI does

AI writes the level-adapted story text, the sentence translations, the word glosses, the vocabulary lists and the quiz questions. The stories are reading practice based on real news, not original reporting, and they are not a substitute for the original article.

Known limitations

• Simplifying a story drops detail and nuance. A story can also get a fact wrong compared with the original report.
• Translations and word glosses can be wrong or too literal, more often in languages with less training data.
• The CEFR level is the model's approximation, not a certified assessment.
• A story reflects the news on the day it was made and is not updated when the news changes.

For anything that matters, read the original article linked on every story.

How to report an error

Found a factual mistake, a wrong translation or something offensive? Email support with the link to the story and what is wrong.

Pricing

The free account needs no card and does not expire: 3 graded articles, up to 50 saved words, 1 language, and write and review practice. Paid plans: Starter $5/month, Pro $9/month, Ultimate $15/month, each starting with a 30-day free trial. Billed yearly: Starter $40/year, Pro $72/year, Ultimate $120/year. See pricing for what each plan includes and the refund policy for refunds. The reading tools are free and need no account.

Contact

Linguadrop, Alfred van der Heide, 2724 Újlengyel, Petőfi Sándor utca 48., Hungary.

Email: support@linguadrop.com