Speak, do not translate
Keep calm
and talk.
English, Spanish or Russian. Practise out loud, as often as you like.
Free to start. No card.
Coffee shop · queue
Guarded · warming up
“It’s the only place near work that gets the milk right. You’re not from around here, are you?”
Hint
She gave you an opening. Answer it, then hand one back.
Release to send · cut in anytime
English, Spanish or Russian.
Pick one. She answers only in that language, and so does your score.
She stays in your language
She will not switch to English to help you. That is the point.
Take your time
Think for ten seconds. She does not mind and she is not being polite.
Get it wrong as often as you like
Say the same thing twenty times. Nobody is counting your mistakes.
Your score in that language too
What worked, what did not, and a better way to say it.
You know the words.
Saying them fast enough is the hard part.
- 01
You translate first
By the time the sentence is ready, they have moved on.
- 02
So you keep it short
You answer in three words to be safe. You sound like less than you are.
- 03
So you talk less
Less talking means less practice. The next one is harder.
Three minutes.
Pick a language and a place
A café in Barcelona, a beach, a gym.
Talk
Hold the button and speak. She answers in that language.
See your score
Your speed, your pauses, and a better way to say it.
Pick somewhere to walk into
The queue. Thirty seconds of shared waiting, and an opening if you take it.
1 of 4 · plays the next one automatically
Where you slowed down.
It shows your speed and your pauses, so you can see the bits you got stuck on.
Charisma score
75
+6 on your baseline
Say it better
“So, yeah, that’s pretty cool I guess.”
“Forty minutes each way — what do you do with that time?”
Tap any score
“7 fillers in 3 minutes; pace 142 wpm; target band 130–160.”
Last 14 sessions
Keep practising and the pauses get shorter.
Plenty to talk about.
In all three languages.
- 70
- live scenarios
- 210
- simulator runs
- 2,766
- things to talk about
- 3
- languages
- Charisma training26
- Countries195
- Accents in English29
- Famous movies380
- Songs263
- Tattoos372
- World attractions204
- Bizarre country facts197
- Famous paintings195
- Amulets & pendants146
- People worth knowing139
- Sculptures71
- Palm reading67
- Professions & jokes56
- Music genres55
- Insider terms50
- Relationship terms45
- Gestures38
- The art of deduction24
- Screen romance23
- Coffee cup reading21
- Horoscope20
Before you ask.
Which languages?
English, Spanish and Russian. You pick before you start. The app menus are in English.
Do I have to talk out loud?
Yes. Reading and writing are the parts you can already do. There is no typing.
Will it fix my grammar?
It tells you what worked and gives you a better way to say it. Your speed and pauses are measured from the recording.
What happens to my recordings?
Your voice is used to score the session and nothing else. Transcripts and scores stay until you delete them, and deleting your account removes them. No contacts, photos or location. No ads.
What does it cost?
Free to start — three conversations a week. Paid plans give you more.
How do I get it?
It is on TestFlight for iPhone. Tap Get early access and it takes you there.
How to actually do it
Openers, what to notice, and how long you have.
How to practise speaking when you have nobody to practise with
A 400-day vocabulary streak and zero hours of speaking is the most common way to stay stuck.
The excuse, or straight in: two ways to open
Every opener is one of two things. Knowing which one you are doing is most of the job.
Guess where they are from, then say hello in their language
It costs you one word and it almost always works. It can also go wrong in exactly two ways.
Or start with the method in four moves.