Coached pronunciation practice, backed by science.
April 2026 · bennett@speakmoreclearly.app
The problem
1.5 billion people are learning English. Most can read and write it. Many get stuck the moment they open their mouths.
The insight
Professional coaches use acoustic analysis — formant plots, pitch contours, intensity envelopes — to tell students exactly what's happening. Learners don't need less data. They need their data, explained plainly.
Show the difference. Let people fix it themselves.
The product
Hear the instructor. Slow it to 0.5× to dissect each phoneme without changing pitch.
Tap, speak, tap. The app analyses formants, pitch, timing, intensity.
One-sentence coaching + a picture of your voice. Not a grade.
Product
Market
Duolingo: $1B revenue on gamified games. Preply: $80M on human tutors at $40/hr. Between them there's a trillion words of "see you on the other side, good luck."
Competition
Human-led feedback at SaaS scale. That's the gap.
Moat
Every lesson is a real recording. Over time we accumulate a library competitors can't synthesize.
Student recordings + deltas fuel better coaching suggestions per phoneme, per native language.
We're the opposite of Duolingo. That's a harder position to copy than a feature.
Business model
Traction & state
React Native / Expo. Practice, lessons, streaks, results, profile, support.
Assign lessons, track student performance, reply to tickets, admin controls.
Python service: formants, pitch, intensity, comparison to instructor baseline.
Landing page, brand guide, transactional email templates, legal pages.
Postgres + S3 migration, Sentry, email provider, App Store submission, first 100 students.
Paid tier launch, 3 instructors live, 1,000 MAU, first Series-Seed conversations.
The ask
Record one lesson. Get your own cohort. Keep your coaching voice.
instructors@speakmoreclearly.appInterested in pronunciation, ESL, or adjacent adult-ed markets? Let's talk.
bennett@speakmoreclearly.appSpeak clearly, and be understood.