I’m obsessed with it
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Appréciation
Bold Voice
Be careful with this app
Now I have to figure out how to get my money back and make sure I’m not charged again when it’s time for the subscription to be renewed again… Frustrating
The Best
Wonderful
Very useful
Amazing app
Perfect app.
The feedback is clear and useful. I like being able to work on individual sounds, words and full sentences.
I’ve been using it regularly, and I can hear the improvement. My pronunciation is clearer, and I feel more confident when I speak English.
For me, BoldVoice is the first pronunciation app that has truly helped me improve.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! We're thrilled to hear that BoldVoice has made such a difference in your pronunciation and confidence. It's wonderful to see your consistent practice paying off! Keep up the amazing work! You're always welcome to reach out to us at support@boldvoice.com if you need any assistance.
Es impresionante
Excellent
That’s a great app
Cool
Great App!
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Speech scan raises some questions.
My results are consistently around 93–97, with BoldVoice itself describing my speech as native-sounding. At the same time, the app correctly identifies my Brazilian background and attributes certain tiny pronunciation patterns to Portuguese. That’s interesting, but some of the explanations are questionable in my case.
For example, the app flagged my realization of the vowel in words such as think, things, and running as a Portuguese-accent feature. But this deserves more nuance: the California Vowel Shift is documented to involve /ɪ/ shifting toward /i/ before /ŋ/. Stanford linguist Penny Eckert even gives think → “theenk” as an example of this California pattern. The app also repeatedly flags my dark L. However, I deliberately pronounce dark L, and I can clearly distinguish it from the light L used in languages I’m learning. Some of my L vocalization also sounds very similar to what I hear from native speakers from California and other parts of the American West. So I’m skeptical that this should automatically be classified as a Portuguese-accent feature.
There’s another interesting inconsistency: words such as feels and fields were flagged as problematic when spoken in sentences, yet when I pronounced the same words individually, BoldVoice gave me approximately 99% accuracy. That makes me wonder whether the system is detecting extremely subtle differences in connected speech rather than an actual pronunciation error.
This is particularly interesting because BoldVoice itself says its technology analyzes speech at a very fine-grained level, and its Accent Oracle uses an audio-based accent-identification model trained on a very large dataset of accented English. So my question isn’t whether the AI can hear these microscopic differences. It clearly can. My question is whether every difference it detects is actually something that a human listener would perceive as a foreign accent or something that a learner actually needs to “fix.”I’ve received repeated feedback from American English speakers that my accent sounds strongly American, with some people specifically noticing California/West Coast characteristics rather than Brazilian ones. Obviously, human feedback is subjective too, but it raises an important question about what exactly BoldVoice’s score represents. My takeaway: if BoldVoice identifies a genuine pronunciation problem that humans can also hear, it can be useful. But if you’re already scoring above 90–95 and the remaining “problems” are extremely subtle acoustic differences, I’d be cautious about treating every flagged feature as something that needs correction. Native English itself contains enormous regional variation, and an AI trained around a particular target accent can potentially classify perfectly natural regional variation as deviation from that target.
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Accent Oracle looks for subtle patterns associated with different language backgrounds, while BoldVoice’s score measures how closely your speech matches its American-English target. So, it can recognize traces of Brazilian Portuguese while still correctly describing your speech as native-sounding. Words can score differently in sentences because connected speech changes with rhythm, stress and surrounding sounds. A score of 93–97 means you’re already extremely close to the target, well done! At that level, remaining suggestions are more about fine-tuning, not proof that your pronunciation is unclear or needs fixing. If you have any scoring concerns or further feedback, you are welcome to reach out to our team at support@boldvoice.com.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words! We’re so glad to hear you’re enjoying BoldVoice and already noticing improvement in your accent. Keep up the great work! You’re always welcome to contact us at support@boldvoice.com if you need any assistance.
