Imitate lets you practice pronunciation with real-life videos from youtube, and lets you listen to your own recordings to have an instant feedback loop.
Hi, everyone! π I'm Lars and I'm have been learning French for almost a year.
I created Imitate because I have been struggling to find good tools to practice pronunciation. In order to be good, you need a lot of practice, but you also need feedback. The way musicians and actors improveΒ is by recording themselves andΒ listening to the recordings. TheyΒ make small adjustments until it sounds the way they want. Why not do the same as a language learner?
Imitate is a tool thatΒ will help you practice your pronunciation. It has a library of small video-segments from YouTube, and lets you practice imitating themΒ using theΒ practice chamber.
I haven't added support for other languages than French yet, but feel free to test it anyway, or sign up for the waitlist of another language.
Would love to hear feedback!
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Great idea! I already shared it with my newsletter of French learners and heard lots of positive feedback. I can't wait to see what will come next for Imitate! :)
I love the concept. When I was learning German, it was so hard to pronounce things correctly. Every time the teacher would say a sound, and i said it, i thought it was the same. I would've never known without feedback.
This looks like a super smart way to nail the pronunciation through systemic practice!
@monicalent Thanks! That's the exact core issue I'm tackling with this appπ
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I'm loving this @larskarbo, coming from a new learner.
I have a request please - the ability to reduce the pace of the speech (this is my first encounter with French).
Enjoying it so far. Thank you! Thank you!!
@toheeb Thanks! Happy you enjoy it. Reduce pace of speech or difficulty is one of the most requested features by users so far, will definitely look into it.
@jbrowntheking Yes, for sure! I'm doing French first to figure out the exact focus of the app. Which direction to take it. When I nail that I will expand.
I have waitlists for English, Chinese, Russian, German and Norwegian on the site.
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