Absolutely terrible
Doesn’t give any direction, just says you’re wrong. Had a Palestinian friend try, it said he was wrong. Had an Uzbek friend try, same story. Rubbish.
Thieves
I was forced to start a free trial just to explore Kalam’s basic features, cancelled within ONE MINUTE, and was still hit with an $89.59 charge. I never wanted an annual subscription. I’ve contacted both Kalam and Apple and received no response. Absolutely outrageous.
Disappointed
I came from rudy Ayoub, hoping to learn more of the Egyptian dialect. Suddenly found myself in front of an immediate paywall. I had such high hopes! Really sad about this. Moving to Duolingo. Would not recommend it if you’re like me, looking for something free. Still gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and rating two stars. Super sad!
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Expensive/Invasive
The amount of personal information, and the requirement of subscribing before even literally using it once is WILD. The. Also forces a connect to Google or Apple accounts. Wants to know your gender. Your age. BRO CHILLLLL. People want to learn a language. So to be honest seems like a massive data farm and scam disguised by exploiting peoples dreams to learn a language. 🤮
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Too many issues
I am having a lot of issues with this app. The the audio and the words do not match at times, the audio stops working, I say things correctly and it’s still marks it incorrect. There is delays and the list goes on. I paid for a whole year and I can barely use it because there is always an issue. Sometimes the audio says so I can’t even understand it, and I don’t know if there is a way to adjust it to say a little slower.
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Lots of bugs that need to be fixed
With the greet and check in the things being taught are different than the prompts to say the words and it also glitches out a lot
So. Many. Bugs.
I really wanted to like this program but it’s so buggy. I keep reporting it, but now I’m making more reports than learning. I’m trying to practice daily, but when every exercise has translations errors, sound issues, missing text, and I’m spending more time annoyed and confused, why would I bother? I want my money back and this was a real waste. I hope they improve on it and fix allllll the bugs.
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Please update!
This is one of the best learning apps I’ve ever used for Arabic and was able to actually start conversing with people and they were shocked I sounded so natural. I wish I could’ve continued but I got to a part where the app would not allow me to go past a speaking exercise even though I was saying them correctly. This left me discouraged and delayed my learning. If you guys can add a way to bypass speaking to move on or fix the listening on it that would be great. Overall great app and worth the subscription.
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Bad Pronunciation, AI is Riddled with Errors
I speak enough Arabic to recognize when it is being spoken incorrectly. The AI constantly mispronounces words, pronounces them inconsistently, and sometimes even pronounces the numerals like “7” for “ha” as “seven” and not “H.” I suppose you could learn some Arabic from this, but you would sound like a lunatic if you used it in actual conversation. Disappointing. AI is not a replacement for actual human native speakers and teachers.
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I got charged for a full year when accepting the 7 day trial
I got charged for a full year when accepting the 7 day trial! It offered me a special gift offer for a 7 day trial and the moment I accepted to sign up for the trial subscription it took money out of my PayPal instantly! I can’t find how to even contact them for this issue.
Undue charge
They charged my card before the deadline to finalize the evaluation, without any communication. I want a refund and cancellation of my account.
No Trial End Notification
The app didn’t provide the promised notification before the trial ended. Guess I’m stuck with it for the next year!
Buggy. Not a finished product. Not helpful for intermediate speakers
I found out about this product from a YouTube creator who used to be sponsored by Kalam. This creator has since removed all archived advertisements with the app, and I can take a guess why.
I am an intermediate Egyptian dialect speaker. The ج should be pronounced G instead of J, but in many recitation exercises, the audio both pronounces things wrong and expects the user to say them back wrong in order to proceed. There are many other pronunciation errors like this that an intermediate speaker can catch, but a beginner may not notice. Also, many times the audio does not match the text, and the users are left wondering what is going on. For example, I as I was trying to practice verbs, the text was giving me family members.
The lessons after the first unit are slapdash at best. For example, the unit about ‘The Seasons’ only practices three seasons: spring, winter, and summer.
The chat bot feature is cool but very limited. After I answer one or two questions, the chat bot keeps trying to end the conversation. Other language learning chat bots will keep the conversation going, give suggestions, and ask the user more specific questions.
I am hopeful that the other dialects work a bit better than Egyptian. I am also hopefully that in a year, either this product will finally be finished, or there will be better ones on the market for learning dialectical Arabic. If you are a beginner learning a dialect, YouTube lessons are better than Kalam, but still should always be double-checked by another native-speaking source
I am an intermediate Egyptian dialect speaker. The ج should be pronounced G instead of J, but in many recitation exercises, the audio both pronounces things wrong and expects the user to say them back wrong in order to proceed. There are many other pronunciation errors like this that an intermediate speaker can catch, but a beginner may not notice. Also, many times the audio does not match the text, and the users are left wondering what is going on. For example, I as I was trying to practice verbs, the text was giving me family members.
The lessons after the first unit are slapdash at best. For example, the unit about ‘The Seasons’ only practices three seasons: spring, winter, and summer.
The chat bot feature is cool but very limited. After I answer one or two questions, the chat bot keeps trying to end the conversation. Other language learning chat bots will keep the conversation going, give suggestions, and ask the user more specific questions.
I am hopeful that the other dialects work a bit better than Egyptian. I am also hopefully that in a year, either this product will finally be finished, or there will be better ones on the market for learning dialectical Arabic. If you are a beginner learning a dialect, YouTube lessons are better than Kalam, but still should always be double-checked by another native-speaking source
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The range of dialects
Finally an app to learn darija :)
Full of bug
The concept is good and oriented to make you speak real spoken Arabic but full of bugs - need some serious updates
Trop d’IA
Alors si je peux me permettre une critique constructive. L’application en soi est géniale pour apprendre justement pratiquer la langue. Le problème c’est que la prononciation est mauvaise. On apprend au nom maghrébins des accents robotiques. On m’a déjà validé un mot alors que j’y mets l’accent. Très mauvaise application dans l’ensemble en soi si on prend ce problème en considération, honnêtement je ne recommande pas à des personnes qui essaye d’apprendre le dialecte marocain. Trop de robot
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Good idea, unfortunately bad performance
I wish it would work well, cause the idea is amazing. Please improve. 🙏
It‘s just frustrating at so many points. It doesn’t play well and some explanations are repeatedly, nonesense and doesn’t fit to the following phrases. It’s actually hilarious.
It‘s just frustrating at so many points. It doesn’t play well and some explanations are repeatedly, nonesense and doesn’t fit to the following phrases. It’s actually hilarious.
Potential
It could be great but the app is so glitchy and slow. There’s also no way to save progress during sessions. It also skips over a lot of information. It starts speaking on things we haven’t gone over yet but I’m expected to know or understand. Makes no sense.
Sad
Im young and im trying to improve my Arabic and I heard many good things about this app but sadly i cant use it because I don’t have money. :(
Pas intuitif
Trop de bug, impossible d’apprendre avec, les exercices de fin de leçon ne correspondent pas aux phrases appris dans la leçon. 48 exercices à répéter bêtement et à la fin il vous dis vous savez parler. Et la plus part du temps vous devez répéter phonétiquement donc pas du tout la bonne prononciation.
Trop d’ia, trop d’onglets….
Pas du tout simple ni intuitif.
Trop d’ia, trop d’onglets….
Pas du tout simple ni intuitif.
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