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Deep English
✓ verifiedFreemium
Story-based English fluency program with free listening lessons and a paid live-practice membership with an AI voicebot.
355K visits/mo
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SmallTalk2Me
✓ verifiedFree
Free AI speaking coach that scores English fluency against CEFR levels and simulates IELTS and interview practice.
376K visits/mo2.9K saves
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Elsa Speak
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI English pronunciation and speaking coach giving real-time feedback via speech recognition, used by millions.
1.2M visits/mo6.7K saves
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Talkio AI
✓ verifiedFree trial
AI speaking-practice app pairing learners with voice tutors for pronunciation feedback across 70 languages.
200K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
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1 month: $35.5
3 months: $58
1 year: $85.19 (from $141.99)
Lifetime: $119.99 (from $799.99)
No public pricing
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Story-based listening lessons
- ✦Shadowing practice for flow
- ✦AI chatbot/voicebot conversation practice
- ✦Pronunciation checking
- ✦Live small-group Zoom speaking sessions (members)
- ✦Spaced-repetition vocabulary
- ✦AI CEFR English level test (A1-C2) from spoken responses
- ✦IELTS speaking and writing test simulators with band-score feedback
- ✦AI mock job interview practice with feedback
- ✦Daily bite-sized speaking, shadowing, and listening lessons
- ✦Vocabulary booster exercises
- ✦Progress tracking across pronunciation, fluency, and grammar
- ✦Real-time pronunciation feedback
- ✦Speech-recognition assessment
- ✦Personalized learning path
- ✦Thousands of gamified lessons across topics
- ✦Progress tracking
- ✦ELSA Dictionary
- ✦Voice conversations with 400+ AI tutor personalities
- ✦Word-by-word pronunciation assessment
- ✦Instant feedback on speaking accuracy and fluency
- ✦Support for 70 languages and 122 dialects
- ✦Interactive wordbook for vocabulary review
- ✦Crosstalk mode mixing native and target language
- ✦Progress tracking with streaks and weekly reports
Use cases
- →Improving English speaking fluency
- →Practicing conversation with AI
- →Building listening comprehension
- →Joining live speaking practice sessions
- →Preparing for the IELTS speaking exam
- →Practicing job interview English before a real interview
- →Building a daily English speaking habit
- →Assessing CEFR level for school or immigration purposes
- →Business English practice for meetings and workplace scenarios
- →Improving English pronunciation
- →Building speaking confidence
- →Preparing for work or travel in English
- →Daily 10-minute practice
- →Learners wanting realistic spoken conversation practice
- →Students preparing for oral proficiency in a new language
- →Business or institutional language training programs
- →Self-learners wanting pronunciation feedback without a tutor
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