Filter search results by language?

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Hello,

I am looking for a way to filter search results by language (ie French).

App version: 3.4.1f F-Droid

Android version: 14 GrapheneOS

Device model: Pixel 7

Expected behaviour: some UI item to allow filtering search results by lang

Current behaviour: I can’t find a way to filter by lang

First occurred: since day 1

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Click on magnifier to start searching
  2. Enter a term like “science”
  3. Select Chercher en ligne (Search online)
  4. Results appear
  5. I can’t find a way to filter for podcasts in french only (“science” is the same word in french and english).

Environment: NA

Thank you!

2

As I recall in the code, searching in iTunes or PodcastIndex is for all languages and we don’t have an option to narrow by language or country.

This seems like a good idea but I wonder how much it helps. Besides the word science, could you give us a few other cases where this will help?

Would it better to filter by country in the search results?

You can try out searching with filter by language here Science in podcasts | Listen Notes

3

Hello Tony,

Thank you for this quick response.

I just started to use AntennaPod, therefore I have no other example yet, but I can imagine some:

Say I’m interested in a subject that spells the same in multiple languages (“Iran”, “Israel”, “France”, “nature”, “art”, “Charles de Gaulle”, “Charles Darwin”, …).

I have never used iTunes or PodcastIndex, so I don’t know how they solve this question.

Maybe, they use browser/phone language?

Maybe most users do search for specific titles, therefore find accurate results?

French is used in a few countries like Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, some African countries. Filtering on “France” would not be perfect but would certainly help.

For a real filter by language, the program would have to detect from the description. A few code libraries do it. A bit heavy maybe for a quite rare demand…

Thank you very much for the listennotes link. I did not know it.

Have a good day.

Olivier

4

Hello to a fellow Pixel user.

Rather than searching in AntennaPod (or any other podcast app) I would be inclined to Google something like “science podcasts in French,” which would no-doubt produce many discussions about podcasts like you are seeking. Wouldn’t that be a more effective way to identify the kind of podcasts you’re looking for?