Talkpal
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I’m really impressed
I subscribed to TalkPal, because like others, I think it is a genuinely new and really helpful tool for language learning. However, I had trouble being able to get it to converse in my chosen language. It kept defaulting to english. I sent multiple emails, and was on the verge of cancelling when they sent me an email saying there would be a relaunch in several days. So I waited, and I’m so glad I did. I’m sure rolling out a new app like this is a huge challenge. But I am grateful to whomever it was who sent me the message to just wait several days, because I like it quite well! One tiny problem (why I didn’t give 5 stars) is that the app is supposed to catch and correct errors made by the user (that’s part of the learning). This gets most of the errors, but not all. Nor does it offer improved ways to say something. The corrections are quite literal usually (but not always). I am so impressed by what the developers were able to do just in the short time I waited for the corrected update, that I believe they are still in the learning process themselves, and I will be thrilled to come back and update this review with 5 stars. Even as it is, it’s the best “robot teacher” I’ve ever seen. I’m sticking with you guys for now. I’m having fun and learning, and still sitting with my mouth hanging open from the shock of what a machine can do. It won’t (and shouldn’t) replace human contact, but it sure imitates it surprisingly well. 👍 Last minute edit: it doesn’t seem to be working on my ipad. Hope that’s temporary. Here's an edit to my earlier edit. It still does not work on my ipad, but they have just released an update with more features and all I can say is, this program just gets better and better! Boy is it fun! I love it. Even without the ipad. Works great on my non-Apple laptop.