Acknowledgements
Jolito is built with genuine gratitude on the shoulders of generous creators, open communities, and open-source software.
🌮 The Living Spanish Language
- Wiktionary & Kaikki.org: Countless volunteer lexicographers and the Kaikki extraction project made the rich dictionary data that powers Jolito’s offline translation and verb inflection assistance. Content licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
- HermitDave & OpenSubtitles: Real-world subtitle word frequency data that helps Jolito highlight the colloquial phrases and everyday words people actually speak on the street.
🎨 Typography & Design
- Mathieu Triay: Designer of Bricolage Grotesque, the delightfully expressive, rhythmic typeface that gives Jolito its bold CDMX modernist character. Distributed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
🎙️ Spoken Voices
- Microsoft Neural Speech: High-definition Mexican Spanish voices (Dalia & Jorge) and English prompts (Jenny & Guy) that give Jolito its natural spoken cadence.
- Browser Speech Engines: The device-native speech synthesis engines built into iOS, macOS, and Android that keep pronunciation instant and reliable even when completely offline.
🛠️ The Open-Source Engine
Jolito operates local-first, offline, and with zero tracking thanks to these foundation libraries:
❤️ Community & Inspiration
A big shoutout to my friends and teachers at International House Mexico in Condesa, and to Mexico City itself—the street stalls, metro rides, and daily neighborhood chats that inspired this project.