SynapseLingo

SynapseLingo teaches a language the way a good textbook does, and then reads it aloud to you.

Every language comes as a course of books: A1 to C2, five books a level, twenty-three lessons a book. Each lesson has its own vocabulary, its own example sentences and its own memory aids — and every word and sentence can be spoken by the app, at full speed or slowed down.

WHAT IS INSIDE

• eBooks — the full course text, to read at your pace
• Audiobooks — every lesson read aloud, chapter by chapter
• Videos — the same lessons to watch
• The daily trainer — one lesson at a time, with the words, the sentences and the audio together
• A written-script reference — for eleven writing systems, the letters, how they sound, and how the numbers work, explained in your own language

SLOW DOWN THE PART THAT MATTERS

In the chapter audio you can slow only the language you are learning, and leave the explaining voice at normal speed. The pitch stays where it belongs, so a slowed word still sounds like the word.

LANGUAGES

More than eighty, from Spanish, French and Chinese to Serbian, Persian, Thai, Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati. Interface and explanations in German, English, French, Spanish or Portuguese.

NOT EVERY LANGUAGE IS EQUALLY DEEP

Some languages have all six levels; others have the first book only. The app tells you which, before you buy anything — the level buttons show what exists.

BUYING

The app is free, and so is the trainer. Books, audio and video are bought in the browser, in your own currency, and appear in the app afterwards. Sign in with the email address you bought with; there is no separate account to create.