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BoldVoice: An AI-powered pronunciation app

BoldVoice: An AI-powered pronunciation app

From the course: Public Speaking for Non-Native English Speakers

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BoldVoice: An AI-powered pronunciation app

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- Only with the recent advances in AI, can apps now provide feedback that would normally have required a speech coach delivering it to you in person. There are several out there to recommend, but I'm featuring BoldVoice for a variety of reasons. First, it was founded by two non-native English speakers to help others with their pronunciation. The developers integrated coaches certified in culturally-aware models of speech and pronunciation used in the theater for training actors. Second, the app has a wide range of functionality and serves as a speech coach in your pocket. Let me give you some of the examples of the app and show you how it works. First, the app is modeled on the various challenges that language groups have in vowel and consonant changes, word endings, reductions, stress and rhythm, based on your first language. So, it will ask you when you register what your native language is and tailor your experience…

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