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Anada Lakra

BoldVoice 2.0 - Accent coaching app for non-native English speakers

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BoldVoice helps non-native English speakers communicate clearly and confidently in English. The app gives you video lessons from Hollywood accent coaches and instant feedback on your pronunciation from speech AI. Get it on iOS & Android!

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Anada Lakra
Maker
Hi there, PH community! Excited to introduce you to BoldVoice 2.0, the new and improved accent coaching app for non-native English speakers. @ilyausorov and I built BoldVoice for immigrants like ourselves, who have great English on paper but struggle to be well-understood due to their accents. Clear pronunciation makes a huge difference in career and financial outcomes, and our mission with BoldVoice is to help you speak confidently in English so you can get that job and promotion, collaborate effectively, and thrive professionally. All of this at an accessible price: a yearly subscription on BoldVoice is cheaper than a single hour with a coach (which costs $100+/hour). Many thanks to all of you who supported our first launch in July and provided invaluable feedback. We’ve been hard at work ever since, and are excited to bring you BoldVoice 2.0, which features: ✅ A 360 degree speech assessment that gives you a personalized, comprehensive view of your pronunciation strengths and weaknesses ✅ More precise speech AI scoring mechanism, with enhanced tips on how to improve ✅ Public Speaking video lessons to help you speak more confidently ✅ Expanded cast of Hollywood accent coaches, so you can keep learning from the best ✅ Complete product redesign - fresh UX/UI that helps you build the daily habit of practicing We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new app! Please share your questions, feedback and comments. 20% DISCOUNT INSTRUCTIONS As a thank you to the community, for a limited time you can use the code above to get 20% off. Go to BoldVoice.com, press "Start trial" and then press "Redeem code". (Note that this code only works when subscribing on the website, not on the app). Enjoy!
Chrissy Laura
Happy to see there is a free trial - curious to see what kind of exercises are offered within a 7 day timeframe!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@chrissy_laura Hey Chrissy, thanks for asking -- during the 7 day free trial you have full access to go through all the available lessons and practice (as many as you can get through / unlock), although we recommend practicing 10-20 minutes a day over the long term to start seeing results. Happy to hear what you think when you try it, let us know!
Anada Lakra
Maker
@chrissy_laura Hey Chrissy! The trial should give you a pretty good sense of the app's capabilities: you'll unlock all the lessons from coaches and the practice materials! Also, you'll be able to do our 360 assessment as part of the free trial :)
Mary Kh
i am gonna try it with my students thnx
Anada Lakra
Maker
@marynotj Great to hear that, Mary! Please let me know how it works for you in the classroom :)
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@marynotj @anada_lakra1 Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mary! We're especially interested to see how we could help teachers who are already trying to teach students English, when specifically teaching the accent part of their lessons. If you have any thoughts on how we could integrate BoldVoice into your workflow, we'd love to hear them!
Mary Kh
@anada_lakra1 @ilyausorov @david_axelrod1 Hi! I am gonna think about thoughts haha, and I'll write to u soon
Jan-Philipp Peters
I had a very similar experience when moving to the US, super cool idea! Good luck!
Anada Lakra
Maker
@jpdavidpeters The almost-universal immigrant experience :) Thanks for the support, Jan-Philipp!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@jpdavidpeters Thanks Jan-Philipp, looking forward to continue building for all the immigrants and non-native English speakers out there! Let us know if there's something about the product which you especially like?
Henning Sillerud
This is one of the favorite things I've discovered on Producthunt. I've started using it this fall to improve my pronunciation and it works remarkably well. I especially like how it finds my blindspots and help me improve them. Keep up the good work!
Anada Lakra
Maker
@henningsillerud Love to hear that the app has been working well for you, Henning! Anything we could add or change to make your experience even better? :)
Kovalevskyi Andrey
Cool! That's exactly what I need to improve my English. Congrats on the launch! I just haven't found where I can apply the promo code. BTW design is fantastic ;)
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@akovalevskyi Thanks Kovalevskyi! Appreciate your support. Applying the promo code is available via the web based sign up / onboarding flow. Go to boldvoice.com, press Start free trial, and when you get to the page that asks about payment you will see a button at the bottom that says "Redeem code". Sorry that we're unable to offer this when signing up on mobile due to iOS App Store & Google Play Store difficulties.
Ian Jakobs
Love this idea! Downloaded the app and will certainly give it a try. Anything you can share about the underlying tech? Having a product around languages myself, I'd be curious to hear how you're approaching this through AI and how you're taking a user's native language into account with regards to their curriculum.
Anada Lakra
Maker
@ianjakobs Awesome Ian, can't wait to hear what you think when you try it out! In terms of the tech, we use speech AI to match the user's audio to the "standard" pronunciation of each word, and then we give the user a score from 0-100% of how closely they matched the expected sounds. Our coaches also personalize the video lessons according to the user's native language. So if you're, say, a Spanish native speaker you get a different curriculum and exercises than if you're a Mandarin native speaker -- since your native language plays a big role in the challenges we face in English. Thanks again for your support!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
Hey there, just wanted to add that it's been such an amazing journey being able to build BoldVoice for all the immigrants and non-native English speakers out there! My family immigrated to the United States from Russia when I was a child, and everyone in my family (parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins) has some degree of an accent. For the longest time, none of them knew there was anything they could do except perhaps watch American movies & TV shows and try to imitate how people sound. The idea of getting an accent coach never felt feasible or affordable. I wish something like BoldVoice existed when we all first immigrated as I heard first hand from my parents that accent was a source of a lack of self confidence for them, and I really don't want that to happen for immigrants, like my family, and all non-native English speakers in the future. Since we initially launched in July, we've done so much work to improve BoldVoice and make it even better! Can't wait to hear what you think and also hear what you still want us to keep working on. Also this couldn't be done without our amazing team @david_axelrod Arman Murphy @rafael_medina2 and our coaches Ron, Eliza, Josh, and Melanie! And last but not least our superstar CEO @anada_lakra1 P.S. We're hiring so if you're interested check out our job posts https://www.workatastartup.com/c...
Johannes Sundlo
This seems great! Looking forward to try it out.
Anada Lakra
Maker
@johannes_sundlo Awesome! Let us know if you have any feedback, we're constantly adding new features and improving
Modhu Nag 01
Congrats on the launch!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@modhu_nag_01 Thanks Modhu, appreciate your support. We're continuing to work hard to make the product even better. Let us know if there is something that you found especially well done or something that you think can be improved?
Connor Jewiss
Really cool idea @anada_lakra1! Can see this being really helpful for loads of people.
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@anada_lakra1 @connorjewiss Thanks Connor! We appreciate your support. If there's something you think we could be doing better, or something that you really like about the product, let us know!
Anada Lakra
Maker
@connorjewiss Thanks Connor, we certainly hope so. Appreciate the support!
Steve Liu
This is amazing! As someone who grew up abroad, I wish I had found a product like this a lot sooner, congrats!
Anada Lakra
Maker
@steve_liu8 Really appreciate that, Steve. Excited to hear your feedback on all the updates!
Elena McCleary
This is a super helpful product, congrats!
Yelyzaveta Omelchuk
Clear pronunciation has always been my problem. I'm happy that I found your product here! You guys are cool!))
Anada Lakra
Maker
@yelyzaveta_omelchuk Thanks so much for checking it out! Would love to get your feedback on the app -- we're always looking to make it better :)
Anna Costalonga
Great! Are you planning a version for other languages?
Anada Lakra
Maker
@adsidera1 Hey Anna, thanks for the question! Right now we're laser focused on English for non-native speakers, as there are over 1 billion of us out there :)
Leonardo Reinhard
I loveeee it!!!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@leonardo_reinhard Thanks Leonardo! Appreciate your support. Let us know if there's something about the product which you especially like?
Ørta
Very cool idea
Anada Lakra
Maker
@orta Thanks so much for the support!
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@orta Thanks Orta! Appreciate the support from an engineering legend like yourself!
Dmitriy Danielyan
Cute girl with very useful app :) upvote
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@dmitriy_danielyan Thanks Dmitriy! Appreciate your support. Let us know if there's something about the product which you especially like?
Sneha Deo
This is great! Curious if there’s any research into whether native speakers of certain languages find more success with specific lessons offered through Bold pics? E.g certain coaching techniques work better for Spanish-to-English speakers than they do for Hindi-to-English speakers, etc?
Ilya Usorov
Maker
@sneha_deo1 Hey Sneha, thats a great question! Indeed the most relevant attribute that informs what kind of lesson plan a student gets is their native language. In fact, that is one of the first questions we ask you when you sign up so that we can assign you to the right curriculum. Each curriculum is altered to include or focus on the sounds or aspects of speech that a native speaker of that language struggles with most when speaking English, and removes content that a native speaker of that language would likely not have problems with. In addition, content is also personalized to native languages as well where the coaches find it helpful to deep dive on a comparison between e.g. Spanish and English when pronouncing a certain sound. As we continue to develop content, we will do more and more work on personalized content for each native language. Having said that, the approach of working on your accent in English is something that a speaker of any language can do well, it just takes time & practice. Right now, we have users who are native speakers of over 70 different languages, with languages such as Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, German, and Russian being some of the more popular ones.
Anada Lakra
Maker
@sneha_deo1 Very good question Sneha, and indeed one of the things that makes us different. Accent coaching is not a one-sized-fits-all, so personalizing the content is super important! I know Ilya already explained our methodology, but let us know if you have other questions, or what you think of the app if you test it out :)
Fariah Mahzabeen
Love the idea, does it also analyze whole sentences and their intonations?