Echo
Impromptu speaking
A surprise topic, like Table Topics at a Toastmasters club. Speak on it for a minute or two, hear it said back polished, and get the next topic.
Say what is on your mind, in your own words. Your coach says it back the way a confident native speaker would: the right words, natural idioms, your thought finished and put in order, and your idea kept. Hear it, learn from it, and say it better next time.
Talk to Echo right here, for two minutes. No account, no download.
You bring the idea. Your coach finds the words a confident native speaker would use for it, and says your speech back so you can hear the difference.
Echo gives you a topic. Talk about it for a minute or two, the way it comes out: pauses, "um"s, half-finished sentences and all.
Echo says your speech back the way a fluent, confident native speaker would. Same ideas, same order, in better English.
Hearing your own thought said well is how new words and idioms stick. Echo names the key ones, and they are saved for you.
Echo: If you could master any skill overnight, what would it be?
You said
“Honestly? Public speaking. Last spring I, um, froze halfway through my sister's wedding toast, like in front of eighty people. So if I could, I'd just… be good at it. Not nervous and stuff.”
Echo said back
“Honestly, it would be public speaking. Last spring, I froze halfway through my sister's wedding toast, in front of about eighty people. So if I could master one skill overnight, I'd want to speak with poise, without my nerves getting the better of me. Ultimately, I'd love to hold a room instead of dreading it.”
Key takeaways: poise · get the better of · hold a room. Saved to your word list.
What comes back is still your speech: your ideas, in your order, said the way you would want to say them.
The words and idioms Echo uses in your polished speech are saved to your word list, with what each one means and the sentence it came from. Then the quiz tests you on them, until they are yours.
Vocabulary you recently came across in your calls
poise
Heard 2×calm, assured confidence
“I’d want to speak with poise.”
get the better of
to overcome or defeat someone
“Without my nerves getting the better of me.”
hold a room
keep an audience’s full attention
“I’d love to hold a room instead of dreading it.”
Saved as you talk. Nothing to write down, no flashcards to make.
On the vocabulary from your recent calls. Try it:
Fill the gap
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“I’d want to speak with …, without my nerves getting the better of me.”
Each coach is a different kind of practice. Start with Echo, and get targeted practice for storytelling and for putting your thoughts into words as new coaches join.
Impromptu speaking
A surprise topic, like Table Topics at a Toastmasters club. Speak on it for a minute or two, hear it said back polished, and get the next topic.
Targeted practice
Tell a story so it lands: a clear start, a middle that builds, and an ending people remember. Your coach helps you shape it, then says it back told well.
Targeted practice
For when you know what you think but it comes out tangled. Practise putting a complex idea into clear, logical words, one point after another.
Speak. Improve. Repeat. A few minutes a day with your coach, on your commute or in the coffee line, and the words start coming to you on their own.
The app is coming soon to iPhone and Android. Until then, try Echo right here.