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ilyausorov
5y ago
Look super cool, congrats Anisa! As someone who lives in NYC, and went to NYC public schools, I can attest how important something like this would be, especially for the schools that have limited resources.
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ilyausorov
5y ago
We're here for you! If you have any feedback, questions or issues, please reach out to us at founders@boldvoice.com! We're constantly working on improving the app and adding more engaging content.
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts. When it comes to striving for a world where accents don't matter, we feel the same way. In fact, our dialect coach, Ron Carlos, slacked me earlier today: "We truly hope that one day accents w
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks for trying it out, glad to hear you liked the tech! We're continuing to improve and expand both the technical capabilities of the pronunciation assessment, as well as add more varied & exciting content that a user can go thr
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks for sharing!
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ilyausorov
5y ago
We're excited to help and be on standby :) Feel free to mention that BoldVoice is made by non-native English speakers for non-native English speakers. Our dialect coach Eliza Simpson also recorded an introductory video that lays out th
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! We'd love to explore how we can best create curriculums for other accents of English, such as British, Kiwi, Aussie, etc. But, as you can imagine, something like this takes a lot of time & planning, so we
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Hey, that's exactly why we're here. Happy to have you check it out and let us know if this is the type of program you would want to keep doing & practicing. If you have any feedback, questions or issues, please reach out to us
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ilyausorov
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Hey guys, for the record, in our description we used "Standard American accent" as a bit of a catch-all term, not quite in the most technical manner. One of our dialect coaches, Ron Carlos, slacked me the following blurb: The acce
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I invite you to watch one of our dialect coaches, Ron Carlos, share a bit about both the values and process that he brings to the table at BoldVoice (1:43 mins) - https://vimeo.com/572809188
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks, appreciate it! If you have any feedback or thoughts to the pronunciation analysis feel free to send them to founders@boldvoice.com!
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ilyausorov
5y ago
Thanks for sharing your story! My cofounder Anada and I can both relate, as we're both immigrants to the US as well. Something we want to stress with this product is that we want BoldVoice to live up to it's name -- helping non na
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ilyausorov
5y ago
We can go down a very deep rabbit hole with this question, because you're absolutely right there isn't just one accent spoken in America. But for what it's worth the term is defined as the "umbrella accent of American En
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ilyausorov
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Thanks! Which language is your SO's native language? Feel free to send any good (or bad) feedback to founders@boldvoice.com!