pronunciation issues
its an amazing app. truly the best irish language app that exists. my one gripe is that it will not register my pronunciation 1/5th of the time to the point where i have to either close the lesson and/or restart the app.
Getting the hang of it
This app has really helped me connect to my late great great grandparents. Im learning slowly but surely. Im really hopeful that it will stick. Its only been 4 days but fingers crossed
Very helpful
I have been doing Duolingo for 10 months now and while I’m picking up the words, it does nothing to teach you to speak. This app is great because it uses every day scenarios to help you speak correctly. Few bug fixes like it won’t pick up simple words sometimes like “an” and I have to yell it to get it recognize it. Other than that I’m 2 weeks in and enjoying it. I really like that the lessons are short as well.
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Dia duit
Perfection. Love the app. Thank you for helping me finally learn my mother tongue
Superb app
A terrific way to practice getting better at speaking Irish every day. Fun to use!
Great Practice, But…
Love the app for pronunciation practice. As noted by others, however, there are certain words (“tae” and “míle” so far for me) that are not recognized by the app no matter how loud I shout at my phone!
Update: bugs seem to be fixed making the app a great way to practice speaking Irish everyday and everywhere.
Update: bugs seem to be fixed making the app a great way to practice speaking Irish everyday and everywhere.
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I’ve been loving it so far!
Only a week in, but I saw this app because of Gaeilgeoir Guides on instagram. I loved seeing his lessons and then seeing that he made this app/supporter this app, I had to get it. I was using Duolingo because it was better than nothing, but Irish is clearly not where Duolingo makes their money so the app mostly just had typing / fill in the blank. Hey Rua has been great for speaking a pronunciation which has really helped me get on my way to learning the language.
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Love it so far
I love practicing the pronunciation! That’s what I’ve lacked in other Irish language learning apps
Missing something
I love that there’s so much conversation but most of the time I don’t know what I’m really saying and sometimes it’s hard to understand the speaker.
Not Broken Now
It’s only fair to return here to change my review to reflect the developer’s response and the new app performance.
It now works very well, no long waits for loading and no longer being told I’m wrong despite having pronounced everything correctly as shown.
So, thank you devs.
It now works very well, no long waits for loading and no longer being told I’m wrong despite having pronounced everything correctly as shown.
So, thank you devs.
Rua is a cutie!
So fun and engaging and works really well! I really get a kick out of all the little fox animations
Everything i’ve ever wanted.
Ive been learning Gaeilge on my own using Duo and other online resources for the last 12 years, completing and re-doing the same course over time, but the one thing that’s always been missing is the speaking section on that app. I can confidently say, that with only 3 days using this app, my fluency and retention in speaking AND thinking has only accelerated since opening this app. This is a MUST if you’re interested in learning and using the language. GRMA
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“Haigh, a mhuintir!” ☘️
This is way better than Duolingo - I was born in Canada and when I was little - way back in the 80’s my parents forced me to go to Gaeilge school on the weekends. Eventually I convinced them to let me quit (my thinking was if they don’t even speak it Ireland what’s the point of me learning it in Canada) - one of my biggest regrets - I’m super excited to of found this app. Go raibh maith agat ☘️🇮🇪 to the geniuses that made this app.
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Finally
Life has been so crazy that I haven’t been able to go to a in person course. Amazing way to learn.
Not quite there yet
I’ve been using the app for two weeks now and paid for the upgrade for a year. It still has quite a few bugs, which is disappointing. I tried to contact support via the App Store but it gave me “route not found”. “Report a problem” gave me “page not found”.
The best!!
I’m not one to review apps usually but this is an amazing app, such practical real world language learning and I love the pronunciation trainer!! One of the very first lessons is for going to the pub which I love 10/10
Gaeilgeoir guides fan here.
Glad you got this up and running- you’ve done amazing work bringing NSW Irish descendants back to the language their great greats came out here (AUS) with but chose to leave behind. With your wonderful initiative I’m picking it back up. ✨☘️
Eileen’s lessons
Quick, interesting way to do lessons
Sell who you are
If Beim and HeyRua are utilizing 1. Human software engineers 2. Real Irish speakers and 3. In or partially in Ireland…. and I suspect you are, SELL THAT. It’s too easy for a developer and some AI in China to build these smaller apps these days. People interested in speaking a language like Irish are going to be very attracted to the human element and real ties to Ireland. If you have that, start including an “about” tab or something. Thank you.
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Great pronunciation help
This is exactly what I needed to fill in my learning gaps. I can massacre pronunciation with feedback in the privacy of my own home without the embarrassment of doing it front of an actual person. I chose the Kerry dialect so even when I master this most people would have no idea of what I am saying but I will greatly improve my confidence.
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