--- title: "Practice a language out loud | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/features/languages/" description: "Practice a language out loud with DuckyHelper: hear a word slowly, say it, and see how each word scored. Have Eddy read a story aloud while the words light up." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Mac app # Practice a language out loud Ask DuckyHelper how do I say perro? and you get the word split into syllables with the stress marked, its IPA, and a button that says it, slowly too. Then tap the mic and say it yourself, and each word you said is scored. Eddy can read a story aloud while the words light up, and on a Mac, Ducky reads along on your own screen. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[Get the Mac app](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [All films](https://duckyhelper.com/films/#slash-global) Say it ## Hear it. Say it. See how it scored. Ask how to say a word or a phrase, in the Mac pill or in Eddy, and a Say it card opens. Listen at normal speed or slowly, then tap the mic and say it. Each word gets its own score, so you know which one to practice again. ### Syllables and stress The word split up, with the stressed syllable marked. ### IPA The sounds written the way a dictionary writes them. ### Slowly, too A button says it, and another says it slowly. ### Your turn Tap the mic and say it. Each word is scored. Listen ## Follow along as it's read aloud. Reading while you listen ties the sound of a word to the way it is written. [Eddy reads aloud In Eddy's reader, press Listen: the story or article is read aloud and each word lights up as you hear it. Tap a word to pause and ask about it.](https://duckyhelper.com/features/reader/) [Read along on your Mac Say read this paragraph with me, and the words light up on your own screen as Ducky reads them, or as you read them out loud.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/read-along/) ### Ask what it means Ask about any word. On a Mac, a word card gives its meaning, like a dictionary. Type it right ## Every accent where it belongs. On a Mac, the typing coach puts a phrase in grey ghost letters at your cursor, accents and all, in whatever app you are writing in. Type over the letters; a wrong one is marked red so you can fix it. [The typing coach](https://duckyhelper.com/features/typing-coach/) ## Ask how to say it. Say it. How a pronunciation practice goes. 1. 1. Ask how to say it How do I say perro? Ask it out loud. 2. 2. Listen At normal speed, then slowly, with the syllables and stress in front of you. 3. 3. Say it Tap the mic and say the word or the phrase. 4. 4. See the score Each word scored. Practice the one that needs it. ## Say it, don't just read it. Saying a word yourself and hearing how close you got does more for remembering it than reading it in a list. Pair it with flashcards and it comes back right before you would forget it. The learning science behind it: [Quiz, don't re-read](https://duckyhelper.com/research/principles/retrieval-practice/). Eddy tab [Language learning with DuckyHelper](https://duckyhelper.com/for/language-learning/) ## How to use it [Guide: Say it: pronunciation](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/pronunciation/)[Guide: Read along on your screen](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/read-along/)[Guide: Have Eddy read it to you](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/read-aloud/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there an app to practice speaking a language out loud? DuckyHelper has a Say it card for that. Ask how to say a word or phrase and it shows the syllables, the stress and the IPA, plays it normally and slowly, then lets you say it and scores each word. It works in the Eddy tab and in the pill of the Mac app. ### How does the pronunciation score work? After you tap the mic and say the word or phrase, each word you said gets its own score, so you can see which one was off. Listen to that word slowly, say it again and watch the score change. ### Can Eddy read a story aloud to me? Eddy's reader opens public-domain books and Wikipedia articles, and Listen reads them aloud with each word lighting up as you hear it. Tap any word to pause and ask what it means. ### Can it help me type accents and special characters? On a Mac, yes. The typing coach shows the phrase in grey ghost letters at your cursor, accents included, in any app. Type over them; a wrong letter is marked red so you can fix it. [The typing coach](https://duckyhelper.com/features/typing-coach/) has more. ### Does it work on a Chromebook? Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. On a Mac, Say it and read aloud are in the Eddy tab, and reading along on your own screen and the typing coach work in any app. ## More features ### Run your code against tests, then watch it step by step with every variable as it changes DuckyHelper runs your code against tests and plays it back step by step, every variable as it changes, so you see why it gives the wrong answer. ### A timeline you scroll and a world map you pan, zoom and tap, with real pictures and sources Ask when or where something happened and DuckyHelper shows a timeline you can scroll or a world map you can pan, zoom and tap, with real pictures and sources. ### It remembers how you learn and what you kept, so each lesson starts where you are; you hold the switches DuckyHelper remembers how you learn, what you studied and what you keep, so the next lesson starts where you are. You decide what it keeps and uses. ### Replay any Eddy lesson exactly as it happened, at any speed, then pick it up again Replay any Eddy lesson from History exactly as it happened, at 1x, 1.5x or 2x, then ask Eddy about it and pick up from there. Your own voice is never kept. ### A study list, a planner that fits sessions around your week, and a tutor that knows what is next Tasks is your study list in DuckyHelper. Ask Ducky to plan your week around what is coming up, accept the sessions you want, and Eddy knows what is next. ### Eddy opens a page in a tab and points, highlights, scrolls and clicks where you can watch Ask Eddy to open a site and it opens in a tab where Eddy points, highlights, scrolls and clicks with its own cursor while you watch. School sites work too. ## Keep reading ### Languages: speak out loud, get scored, and keep what you miss An AI language tutor you practice with out loud: hear a word in syllables, say it back, get each word scored, and keep what you miss as flashcards. ### Languages: say it, get it scored, and keep the words you miss Learn a language out loud: hear a word slowly, say it and get each word scored, talk through grammar with a tutor, and keep the words you miss as flashcards. ### Grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app; type over them and fix the slips yourself DuckyHelper's typing coach puts grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app. Type over them; a slip is marked in red so you can fix it. ### Every DuckyHelper feature: what it does, where it runs, and a short film of each What DuckyHelper for Mac does: Eddy teaches out loud on a blackboard, and Ducky sees your screen, draws on it and walks you through your own apps. ## Say your first word Open the Eddy tab, or press fn on your Mac, and ask how to say it. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [See what it does](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.