Falou - Fast language learning

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4.8of 5 · store
92,521ratings on the App Store
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Genuinely focused on speaking from the very first second: repeat aloud, grammar footnotes in context. Speech recognition is unreliable and accepts incorrectly pronounced words as correct. Vocabulary is basic and the path to free speech is unclear.

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What people use it for

Travelers and beginners who need conversational basics quickly. For deep study of a single language a better tool is advisable.

What reviews praise

Conversational format from the very first lesson.
Brief grammar explanations embedded within phrases.
Wide language selection including rare ones.
Easy to get started without setup.

What reviews complain about

Speech recognition misfires in both directions: it accepts what you say incorrectly as correct and rejects correct input.
Errors in several languages (Indonesian, Norwegian).
The live AI dialogue follows a fixed script and does not respond when you deviate from it.

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I find the follow lessons to be OK, but but it often cuts you off before you can finish your answer. The live conversation is horrible. It seems to be programmed to respond only in preset responses. I tried to tell it I was frustrated and it just kept going.