Babble

Babble Free App

Rated 3.37/5 (57) —  Free Android application by Kaarel Kaljurand

About Babble

Babble shows you short phrases/sentences in many different languages and you'll have to pronounce them quickly (in 4 seconds) and correctly. The app will give you feedback on your pronunciation skills. You'll be able to see your improvements over time.

Components of a typical practice session:

- tap on the big yellow button and read out loud the displayed text (in the correct language)
- tap on the text to try again
- tap on the language label (under the phrase) to send the phrase to Google Translate
- tap on "Phrases" to see the history of phrases, sortable by various parameters
- tap on a phrase to listen to its correct pronunciation
- tap on "Plot" to see the graph of your error levels in different languages

Babble uses the services of speech-to-text and text-to-speech that are available via standard Android APIs. The apps that provide these services (e.g. Google Voice Search for speech-to-text, various TTS engines for text-to-speech) have to be installed separately in case they are not already pre-installed.

The current version is a prototype. The core of it was developed by 3 Android enthusiasts over a weekend in the beautiful library of Genk, Belgium, as part of the V Hack Android hackathon. For more information see: http://vhackandroid.wikia.com/wiki/Babble

Known bug: after changing the selection of active languages you must relaunch the app for the changes to take effect.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Babble version 0.2.11 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: be.lukin.android.babble, download Babble.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
v0.2.11:
Work around Google Search bug/feature, see more at:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/PUjEPmdSzSE/discussion
v0.2.10:
- clicking on the language label (which is displayed under the phrase) sends the latest phrase to Google Translate, which can be used for translation, higher quality speech synthesis, storage, sharing, etc.
- add 10 demo phrases for each of Japanese and Korean
More downloads  Babble reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Babble was updated to version 0.2.11
More downloads  Babble reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads

What are users saying about Babble

S70%
by S####:

I have no clue how to work this is saying no natural language heard or something I don't even k know what I'm doing

U70%
by U####:

Amazing

U70%
by U####:

too difficult and horrible

O70%
by O####:

It keeps telling me that no natural language is heard.. Even when I try it in my native language.

U70%
by U####:

I have no clue how to work this is saying no natural language heard or something I don't even k know what I'm doing

X70%
by X####:

I have no clue how to work this is saying no natural language heard or something I don't even k know what I'm doing

X70%
by X####:

Me quedo con duolingo. No la bajen

X70%
by X####:

Useful and fun

G70%
by G####:

It keeps telling me that no natural language is heard.. Even when I try it in my native language.

X70%
by X####:

Can you add Japanese?


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