ELSA Speak is an AI-powered app for improving spoken English. Learners practice speaking aloud and receive instant, personalized feedback on pronunciation, fluency and intelligibility, supported by a bilingual AI tutor, interactive avatars and AI role-play for real-world conversations. Coaches cover workplace talk, interviews, meetings, presentations and casual dating conversation, and progress tracking shows how speaking improves over time. The app reports more than 92 million downloads and a 4.9 star rating.
ELSA serves a broad mix of English learners: working professionals who must speak clearly at work, job seekers preparing for English interviews, students, travelers and expats adapting to English-speaking environments, and self-learners who want structured practice. Companies use ELSA Business to develop frontline and global teams, and K-12 schools use ELSA Schools to build proficiency without adding teacher workload. Learners who pick up English from movies, shows and podcasts can use it to tighten their speaking.
Typical scenarios include rehearsing answers for a job interview with the Interview Coach, practicing a presentation's structure and pace, preparing for sales calls or negotiations, sharpening pronunciation of difficult words with the How to Pronounce tool, and running quick evaluations of speaking level. Enterprises run cohorts through lessons and measure progress against CEFR levels, while schools monitor weekly active learners. Individuals can study on a phone during a commute, practicing real conversations in short sessions. Teachers and HR leaders can also use it to track learner engagement, while individuals can revisit lessons to measure how their pronunciation and confidence change after a few weeks of regular practice.
