Songs for learning languages. The lyrics light up word by word, your child understands what they are singing and dares to say it out loud.
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Three ways to work the same song, ordered from least to most brave.
Every plan
Free karaoke with the synced lyrics and its reading layers. To enjoy the song, train the ear and lose the fear.
Words · phrases · sentences
The voice drops out on some words, phrases or sentences and your child fills them in by singing. Pick the level and repeat as often as needed; it doesn’t use up Challenges.
Challenges by plan
The final test: singing without the written pronunciation, with a grown-up’s permission. The AI listens to some passages and gives kind feedback on what already sounds good and what’s worth another go.
Pick the language Pick one and look at the first song your child will sing.
First song Hola, ¿quién eres?
What is sung
Hola, hola, mi amiga
What it means
Hello, hello, my friend
How to say it
OH-lah, OH-lah, mee ah-MEE-gah
The stressed syllable is in CAPITALS.
How it sounds, in phonetic alphabet
ˈola ˈola mi aˈmiga
First song Bonjour, mon ami
What is sung
Bonjour, bonjour, mon ami
What it means
Hello, hello, my friend
How to say it
bohn-ZHOOR, bohn-ZHOOR, mohn ah-MEE
The stressed syllable is in CAPITALS.
How it sounds, in phonetic alphabet
bɔ̃ʒuʁ bɔ̃ʒuʁ mɔ̃ ami
First song Hallo, mein Freund
What is sung
Hallo, hallo, mein Freund
What it means
Hello, hello, my friend
How to say it
HAH-loh, HAH-loh, mine froynt
The stressed syllable is in CAPITALS.
How it sounds, in phonetic alphabet
ˈhalo ˈhalo maɪn fʁɔʏnt
First song Ciao, amico mio
What is sung
Ciao, ciao, amico mio
What it means
Hello, hello, my friend
How to say it
chow, chow, ah-MEE-koh MEE-oh
The stressed syllable is in CAPITALS.
How it sounds, in phonetic alphabet
ˈtʃao ˈtʃao aˈmiko ˈmio
First song Olá, meu amigo
What is sung
Olá, olá, meu amigo
What it means
Hello, hello, my friend
How to say it
oh-LAH, oh-LAH, MEH-oo ah-MEE-goo
The stressed syllable is in CAPITALS.
How it sounds, in phonetic alphabet
oˈla oˈla mew aˈmigu
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The audio leaves the phone to be assessed, is compared with the reference and discarded: it stays on no server. The result is kept, not the sound.
Songs written and curated for learning: useful vocabulary, age-appropriate lyrics, no surprises.
It's built for children aged 3 to 12 who are starting out with a language. It also works for teenagers and adult beginners who'd rather practise by singing than through grammar drills — the embarrassment of pronouncing has no age limit. The catalogue includes an adult line with its own settings.
Yes, and it is a very common case. Every line shows its translation into your language and its pronunciation written with your own letters, so you can follow the practice and understand what your child is singing without knowing the language. The app never assumes the adult speaks it.
It leaves the phone to be assessed: it travels encrypted to our server and to Microsoft Azure Speech, the external service that assesses it on the spot. Neither of them stores it, and we don’t use it to train any system. Only the result of the practice is kept, the stars from a Challenge, for example. We explain it in detail on the safety page.
Today practice needs a connection — Challenges in particular, because the pronunciation assessment happens in the cloud.
The app is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. When it's there, the links will appear on this site. In the meantime you can try the interactive karaoke demo here on the web, with nothing to install.
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