--- title: "An AI language tutor you speak with | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/subjects/languages/" description: "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." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Mac app # An AI language tutor you speak with DuckyHelper is an AI language tutor you practice with out loud. Ask how to say a word and you get it in syllables, with the stress and the IPA, and hear it, slowly too. Then say it yourself and each word is scored. Ask grammar questions in plain English, quiz yourself, and keep the words you miss as flashcards that come back before you forget them. It is all in the DuckyHelper Mac app. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[Meet Eddy](https://duckyhelper.com/eddy/) [All films](https://duckyhelper.com/films/#slash-global) “How do you count to ten in Japanese?” Eddy answers out loud. Ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyuu, juu. Then say them back, and hear which one you got wrong. Say it ## Hear it. Say it. Get it scored. Ask how to say a word or a short phrase and a pronunciation card opens: the word in syllables with the stress marked, the IPA, and a button that says it, slowly if you like. Tap the mic and say it yourself. Each word you say is scored, so you know exactly which one to practice. [Guide: pronunciation](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/pronunciation/) In Eddy and in the pill In the Eddy tab, Eddy shows the card on its desk. Ask Ducky and it opens in the pill, next to whatever you are reading. Talk, don't just tap Ask a grammar question out loud and Eddy answers out loud with captions, so you hear the language in a sentence, not only in a list. The mic on your Mac Allow the microphone when your Mac asks during setup. If it is blocked later, the app says what to turn on in System Settings. Four skills ## Speak, read, remember, write [Speak Pronunciation cards that score what you say, word by word.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/pronunciation/) [Read Open a public-domain book or an article in Eddy's reader and press Listen: each word lights up as it is read. On a Mac, read along does it on your own screen.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/read-aloud/) [Remember The words you miss can be saved as flashcards that come back right before you would forget them.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/flashcards/) [Write (Mac app) The typing coach puts grey letters at your caret for a new spelling, in any app, and marks a wrong letter red.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/typing-coach/) ## A ten minute practice Short and daily beats long and weekly. 1. 1. Review the cards that are due Flip each one and say the answer out loud before you look. 2. 2. Learn five new words Ask how to say each one, listen slowly, then say it back until the score is green. 3. 3. Ask one grammar question Why this ending, why this word order. Eddy explains out loud and gives you one to try. 4. 4. Read a short paragraph Listen once with the words lighting up, then read it aloud yourself. 5. 5. Keep what's new Ask for flashcards of today's words, so they come back tomorrow. ## Ask Eddy Say one of these out loud. How do you say perro? When do I use ser and when estar? How do French verbs change with nous? Quiz me on these ten words [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) ## How to use it [Guide: Your first lesson with Eddy](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/start/first-lesson/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I practice speaking a language with an AI tutor? Yes. Ask how to say a word and a pronunciation card shows it in syllables with the stress and IPA, says it, slowly too, and then scores each word when you say it back. You can also ask grammar questions out loud and hear the answer. ### Which languages can I learn? You can ask about words, phrases and grammar in the languages schools usually teach, and others too. How well the pronunciation score works can vary from one language to another, so listen to the model voice as well as the score. ### Does talking out loud work on the Free plan? The Free plan starts with a short live voice welcome, then you keep going by typing. Talking out loud after that is part of Plus and up. [Pricing](https://duckyhelper.com/pricing/) has the details. ### Will it remember the words I keep missing? Ask for flashcards of the words you miss and they come back right before you would forget them. Review them with Eddy, or in the pill, in the Mac app. ## More subjects ### Math: worked steps, moving graphs, and hints before the answer An AI math tutor that explains one move at a time: worked steps, graphs you can move, hints before answers. 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On a Mac. ### Art: perspective you can change, and paintings explained part by part An AI art tutor that shows how pictures work: perspective drawn on a picture you can change, paintings explained part by part, art history read with you. ## Keep reading ### 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. ### Try Eddy: four things to say out loud in your first minute Try Eddy in the DuckyHelper Mac app: open the Eddy tab, press Talk to Eddy and ask one of these questions out loud. ### Eddy: the voice tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app's Eddy tab Eddy is the voice tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app: talk out loud and it teaches on a blackboard, with labelled pictures, quizzes and your own homework file. ### Hear a word slowly, say it, and see how each word scored; follow along as Eddy reads aloud 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. ### Every subject: one question per subject, shown on screen DuckyHelper is an AI tutor for any subject: math, the sciences, history, writing, languages, code, music and art, each explained out loud and shown on screen. ## Say your first word Get the Mac app, open the Eddy tab and ask how to say it. [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.