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oohula
Language coach with bespoke lessons & native pronunciation
A coach that builds a plan around your goal and measures your pronunciation (it hears th vs s). Coached sessions, hands-free spoken role-play, tap-any-word explanations — and it remembers your recurring mistakes. No streaks, no points. iOS, six languages.
Hi, I built oohula over the last three months because I stalled at beginner level and couldn't find what I actually wanted: a coach that builds a plan for me personally, and helps me pronounce like a native.
What makes it a coach: you tell it what you want the language for — following series without subtitles, ordering in restaurants, work calls — and it builds a plan around that goal at your level, then reworks it as you progress. Pronunciation is genuinely measured, not self-graded: say it out loud and it hears which sound slipped, down to th vs s, and explains the fix in your native language. And it remembers you between sessions — a German speaker's "since three years", a Spanish speaker's ship/sheep merger become tracked patterns your sessions drill. There's hands-free spoken role-play where the coach stays in character, and you can tap any word (or ask anything) mid-conversation — every new word becomes a flashcard in your personal dictionary.
iOS only for now (the engine is server-side, so Android/web are on the path). Six languages, eleven locales. I'd love to hear where it works and where it doesn't — especially from people who plateaued at intermediate and quit the gamified apps.
the "measures pronunciation, not self-graded" bit is the actual differentiator here, most apps just take your word for it. curious how it handles accent variation though - if I'm learning Spanish, is it grading me against one specific reference accent (say, Castilian) even if my goal is understanding Mexican Spanish, or does it adapt the target sounds to the variant I actually care about? a "th vs s" distinction that matters in Spain would just be a false correction for someone aiming at Latin American Spanish.
Ah now this is a cool idea. We've all used the big name language learning apps right? The main challenge I've always faced is the app's idea of what I need to learn first. And that doesn't really help me actually speak the language when I go abroad... so I get bored and stop using it! I see I can set myself a goal and the app creates a plan for that. This sounds promising and more real life relevant. The important question (for me at least): when is Android coming?
does it actually catch softer mistakes like word stress or intonation, or only the discrete sounds like th vs s?
About oohula on Product Hunt
“Language coach with bespoke lessons & native pronunciation”
oohula was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 13 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #33 on the daily leaderboard. A coach that builds a plan around your goal and measures your pronunciation (it hears th vs s). Coached sessions, hands-free spoken role-play, tap-any-word explanations — and it remembers your recurring mistakes. No streaks, no points. iOS, six languages.
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