britspeech listens, scores how british you sound, and drills the exact vowels that give you away. ninety seconds to your first score.
free to download · iphone · no card to try it
or get your score right here · one line out loud · no app, no sign up
Tune and news are losing the Y. Slip a little y in, so tune is tyoon.
7 day streak
ten minutes a day
Built for people who already speak English well, and want to be heard the first time.
you know the words. the vowels are what travel with you, and a flat a or a sounded r tells the room where you learned them. britspeech works on exactly that, nothing a grammar app touches.
read three lines, get a britishness score out of 100. it moves when your vowels do, so progress is a number, not a feeling.
received pronunciation
+9 this month
the bath vowel, the dropped r, the glottal stop. each one is scored on its own, so you always know which sound to fix next.
a nudge at your hour, a last call before midnight, and if you stay away they bow out on their own. this is their actual wording.
britspeech · now
Your streak dies at midnight
Two minutes saves all 7 days. Off you pop.
britspeech · now
Two days quiet
Your R's are creeping back in. Two minutes sorts them.
a native model says the word, you say it back, and the app grades the difference on the spot. all of it on your phone.
the model
/bɑːθ/ · bath
you
/bæθ/ · 71 and climbing
How it works
01 · Read
Each line is rigged with the vowels and consonants that separate British from American. Read them like you mean it.
“On Tuesday the duke knew the hot news from the little cottage.”
02 · Score
BritSpeech weighs your weakest sounds and tunes to your voice, all on-device. No studio, no waiting.
Personalising your plan
03 · Plan
See your level, the climb to Received Pronunciation, and today's ten-minute lesson leading with the sound that holds you back.
Really British
Convincingly British in most rooms, most of the time.
The climb to Received Pronunciation
The retained Y
Tune and news keep the Y, so tune is tyoon, not toon.
Practise this soundThe retained Y
The long BATH
The crisp T
04 · Drill
Eight British markers, each graded on its own. Drill the two that matter most for you and watch the numbers climb.
Drill any sound to nudge the number up.
The retained Y
The long BATH
The dropped R
The GOAT glide
The rounded LOT
The open STRUT
The melody
The crisp T
No. BritSpeech lives on your phone, so the microphone and feedback work the moment you open it, on-device. This site is here to get the app onto your device.
BritSpeech is built for people who already speak English well and want to be heard the first time. It trains the accent, not the grammar.
Received Pronunciation, the clear, broadcast standard often called BBC English. You keep your own voice, you just lose the tells.
The accent scan and your score are free, plus your first lesson. The course, the coach and the roleplay scenes are for members: 7 days free, then £79.99 a year (£6.67 a month) or £24.99 monthly. Cancel anytime.
Yes. BritSpeech is available on the App Store for iPhone.
find out in about ninety seconds. read three lines, get your score, then keep it climbing ten minutes a day.
/haʊ ˈbrɪtɪʃ ɑː juː/
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