EnounceAI wins Rep. Dina Titus’s 2023 Congressional App Challenge in Nevada’s First District

When asked what inspired the creation of EnounceAI, the student said, “As someone who struggled to become conversationally fluent in Russian using traditional language learning apps, I was inspired to create EnounceAI as a solution to the limitations I faced. Most apps I tried were heavily focused on vocabulary drills and grammar rules, but didn’t provide enough opportunity to practice constructing sentences and having real conversations. I could memorize words and conjugation tables, but had no idea how to actually speak Russian outside of the highly-structured app environment.

This disconnect between learning vocabulary/grammar and applying it conversationally motivated me to develop an app leveraging AI to bridge that gap. With EnounceAI, my goal was to move beyond passive methods like flashcards and instead facilitate active, conversational learning powered by AI. The chatbot provides limitless opportunities to have back-and-forth discussions that are personalized to the user’s exact abilities in order to expand their conversational abilities. And by analyzing the user’s responses, it can provide tailored feedback to improve their grammar, sentence structure, and fluency.

Drawing on my own frustrations of feeling unable to have real conversations despite using learning apps, I wanted to transform the way people discover and experience new languages. By focusing on conversation and comprehension with the help of AI, EnounceAI provides a more natural, immersive path to fluency – one that equips users with the skills they need to authentically engage with native speakers. My vision was an app that didn’t just teach language, but enabled people to actually use it.”