ELSA Speak

What is ELSA Speak?

ELSA Speak focuses on one narrow, measurable skill: how clearly you pronounce English. You speak into the microphone, the app scores the utterance, and then it highlights the individual sounds, stress and intonation that differ from the target, with exercises aimed at the phonemes you struggle with. Lesson tracks cover everyday conversation, business English, interview practice and exam-style speaking tasks, and a dictionary mode scores single words or phrases. The speech model was trained on accented English, which is why the feedback is more specific than a general language app's. It does not teach grammar or vocabulary in depth.

Last updated: 2026-09-20. This site only provides an index; for exact features, pricing, and licensing, see the official website.

Key features

• Speech recognition that scores pronunciation at word and sound level
• Feedback on individual phonemes, stress and intonation
• Lesson tracks for conversation, business English and interviews
• Dictionary mode that scores a single word or short phrase
• Practice sets built around the errors you repeat most
• Progress reports showing accuracy trends over time

Pros & cons

Strengths

• Far more specific feedback than general language apps
• Useful for interviews, presentations and exam speaking tasks
• The free tier lets you test the scoring before paying

Watch out for

• Narrow focus: grammar and vocabulary get little attention
• Scores vary with microphone quality and background noise
• The full curriculum sits behind a subscription

Best for & use cases

accent reduction, interview preparation, exam speaking practice and presentation confidence

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