Record one paragraph β see the exact words you said wrong β free tools, and the same video goes out in other languages
An accent is a handful of sounds. One recording finds yours.
record β
report β
drill β
upload β
27 languages
π¬ ACCENT REPORT Β· take 01 Β· 41s
π§ i said it should be
"tird lesson" β third lesson
"i am reddy" β i am ready
"very value" β every value
π the sounds behind them
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Ιͺ ββββββββββ 4
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π after one week
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π this same take, once uploaded
β 27 languages, free
Three steps. Nothing leaves your computer.
1 Β· Record one paragraph of your lesson on your phone.
2 Β· Play it to the program below. It writes down what you said.
3 Β· Practise only the words it marks, then upload take 02 β the other languages sit on the same file.
What to install
- Marks every word you said wrong, and shows the sound it expected β OpenPronounce, free, Windows and Linux.
- Writes down what you said, with the time of each word β faster-whisper, free.
- Shows any English word as the sounds inside it β espeak-ng, free.
Nothing to install
- Lays your recording over your own text and points at the word that broke β WebMAUS, from a German university, free in your browser.
While you practise β the same habits make a lesson easy to follow
- Watches your speed, pauses and filler words β drewkhoury.com/projects/speak, free, nothing uploaded.
- Shows you when you go past 130 words a minute β Tembricaβs pacer, free.
- Fixes the loudness and the background hum β Auphonic, two hours free every month.
The same video in other languages, free β your accent stops being the reason to rewind
- Dubs your video into 27 languages by itself β YouTubeβs own dubbing.
- Adds your voice in other languages, plus captions you can edit β YouTubeβs audio tracks and its captions.
- Re-dubs the reels you already post β Instagram and Facebook translation, free.
Tonight, in this order
- record one paragraph of your lesson
- read the list of words it marks
- say those words for nine minutes, upload take 02
π§° More tools for the same job, each with its licence
Listening and scoring
- Cut the silent gaps out of a recording β vidclean.net, free, in the browser. Β· Remove the "um"s and "uh"s β erm, MIT, offline.
- Transcript with the sounds lined up, not just the words β whisperX, BSD-2.
- The same transcription on an ordinary laptop, no graphics card β whisper.cpp, MIT.
- A confidence score on every word, so the shaky ones show β whisper-timestamped, AGPL-3.0.
- Very light, offline, many languages β vosk, Apache-2.0.
- The version linguistics laboratories use β Montreal Forced Aligner, MIT. Β· The same job with a window to click β gentle, MIT.
- 5 hours of pronunciation scoring a month, nothing to install β Azure Speech.
- Speaks, waits for you to repeat, marks you β Mimora, MIT.
- Draws your vowels next to a native speakerβs β Visible Vowels, free. Β· Two recordings side by side β Sonic Visualiser, GPL-2.
- Looks at speech for a living β praat.org, free. Β· Shows the pitch and length of each sound β SIL Speech Analyzer, free.
- Turns the report into daily practice β an Anki add-on Β· Anki, free Β· 5,000 learner recordings scored by experts β speechocean762.
- The correct sounds those programs check you against β the CMU dictionary, free.
Sounds and words
- Pairs of words that differ by one sound, so you can drill that sound alone β Minimal Pair Explorer, free.
- An audio clip for any English word, no account β dictionaryapi.dev. Β· 1.4 million words spoken by real people in 315 languages β Lingua Libre.
- 75,000 clean word recordings, free to reuse in your lessons β Shtooka, CC-BY.
- The same sentence spoken by many different people β Tatoeba, free.
- 1,800 native speakers from 135 countries β IDEA, free. Β· Everyone reading one paragraph, so you can compare β the Speech Accent Archive, free.
- 7,000 names and places in American English β Voice of America. Β· The Australian broadcasterβs own list β ABC Pronounce.
- Mouth, tongue and airflow for every English sound β the University of Iowa library, free.
- Hear your word inside real videos, 20 searches a day free β YouGlish. Β· Click any sound symbol and hear it β ipachart.com, free.
π Machine voices, free corrections, and the rest of the languages
Read this before a paid lesson goes out with a machine voice
- Your voice in another accent, free for commercial videos β OpenVoice, MIT.
- Copies a voice in 23 languages, commercial use allowed β Chatterbox, MIT.
- Small, free, runs without a graphics card β Kokoro, Apache-2.0.
- Ten minutes of your speech teaches it your voice β RVC, MIT.
- Whole dubbing setups you run yourself β Linly-Dubbing and VideoLingo, Apache-2.0.
- Free plans, watermarked output, so a paid video needs the paid plan or the self-hosted route β Fish Audio, ElevenLabs, Cartesia.
- Keeps the speaker, changes the accent β the research demo.
Where native speakers correct you, free
- Post a short clip, people tell you what to fix β r/JudgeMyAccent.
- Voice notes corrected within minutes β HelloTalk, free plan.
- A free textbook on speaking English as a second language β Iowa State Β· a shorter free chapter β CUNY.
- A free certified diction course from a Turkish state university β KTΓ Β· free Spanish diction drills β oratoria.org.
- An English pronunciation guide written in Hindi β Hinlish Β· Arabic text-to-speech that plays each sound β Speecher.
- A browser prompter that scrolls a marked script β PrompterOne, free Β· screen and voice recording β OBS Studio, free.
- A local Indian-accent English voice setup, from this board β the same forum.
Record it, read the list, practise the list β then one upload carries the same lesson into 27 languages.
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