Now in Beta

Talk like you would
in real life.

Speqa is a real-time conversation environment where AI characters feel like people, not messages.

No scripts. No drills. No lessons. Just conversation.

Free forever · No credit card required

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Before anything else —
let's hear why.
Why do you want to learn Spanish?
Carmen will carry your answer.
Live Conversation
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Carmen Vidal
Madrid · Ready to talk Thinking...
Spanish
Words
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Available now: 🇪🇸 Spanish 🇯🇵 Japanese — soon 🇰🇷 Korean — soon 🇫🇷 French — soon 🇧🇷 Portuguese — soon
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See it in action

Corrections that feel like
part of the conversation.

Not a popup. Not a grade. Carmen keeps talking — the correction flows right into the moment.

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Carmen Vidal · Madrid
In conversation
Spanish B1
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Carmen
¿Qué hiciste hoy?
Translation: "What did you do today?"
You
I went to the gym
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Carmen
Bien. ¿A qué hora fuiste? "Good. What time did you go?"
CORRECTION
I went to the gym Fui al gimnasio
Why: Spanish uses preterite ("fui") for completed past actions. The verb "ir" is irregular — fui = I went.
Sound familiar?

You've studied. You've drilled.
You still freeze when someone speaks to you.

It's not your fault. Every app you've tried was built for engagement metrics — not for making you fluent.

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500M users. Most can't hold a conversation.

Duolingo optimises for daily streaks. Not fluency. You keep coming back — and you keep not improving.

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AI conversation apps feel like talking to a bot.

Speak. Babbel. Rosetta Stone. Technically functional. Emotionally empty. You forget them the moment you close the app.

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Real conversations still terrify you.

You know the words. But the second a native speaker talks to you, everything disappears. No app has ever trained you for that moment.

"The apps that win in language learning will be the ones
that make users feel something."

Fluency is the side effect of emotional engagement — not the goal. Speqa is built around this truth.

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This isn't texting.
This is live practice.

You enter a conversation environment — not a messaging thread. The difference changes everything about how you learn.

Real Conversation
Environment

You enter a live session — not a chat thread. The experience is spatial and immersive, not SMS-like.

Characters Respond
Naturally

No scripted trees. Carmen actually reacts to what you say — her mood, her personality, her opinions.

Corrections Without
Breaking Flow

Mistakes get corrected inline — like a friend who knows the language, not a grading system flagging errors.

Personalities, Moods,
Speaking Styles

Every character has a distinct identity. Carmen's directness feels different from Javier's patience — on purpose.

The difference

Not a lesson app.
A conversation partner.

Five principles that separate Speqa from everything else you've tried.

Real conversation — no scripts

Every session is a genuine unscripted exchange. No branching dialogue trees. No predetermined responses. Carmen reacts to what you actually say.

Failure is the product

Mistakes aren't a failure state — they're the mechanism of learning. Partners respond to errors the way a generous friend does: a smile, a gentle recast, no judgment.

Characters — not tools

Carmen has opinions, quirks, a past, an emotional history. She exists between sessions. Users don't open Speqa to practice — they open it because they want to talk to her.

Living language — not textbook

Slang, filler words, regional variations. The things that make you sound like you belong — not like a very polite tourist. The version of Spanish people actually speak.

Exit the app

After every session, Carmen prompts you to take what you practiced into the real world. Real-world success is the goal. The app is just where you get ready for it.

The affective filter

Research shows anxiety blocks language acquisition even when you know the words. Carmen is specifically designed to lower your psychological defenses — so learning actually happens.

Your progress

Day 1 vs Day 30.
Same person. Different conversation.

This is what 30 days with Carmen actually looks like — same user, same topic, a month apart.

Day 1
Session 1 · Beginner
Carmen
¿Cómo estás hoy?
You
I am... bien? I think?
Carmen
Sí, estoy bien — exacto. ¿Y tú qué hiciste hoy?Yes, I'm well — exactly right. And what did you do today?
You
Uh... I go to... the gym? No entiendo mucho.
5 words. Nervous. A lot of English.
Day 30
Session 24 · Intermediate
Carmen
¿Cómo te fue en la reunión de ayer? Me acordé que me dijiste que estabas nervioso.
You
Mejor de lo que esperaba, la verdad. Empecé en inglés pero después me cambié al español y mi jefe se sorprendió.
Carmen
¿En serio? Eso me alegra mucho. Sabía que podías — llevas semanas practicando exactamente para eso.
Full sentences. Past tense. Carmen remembered. No English needed.
340+
Words in your garden
24
Conversations with Carmen
A2→B1
Level progression
The Roster

Characters that feel alive.

Every character has a backstory, a wound, and a way of speaking that's theirs alone. They're not bots — they're people you'll want to come back to.

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Carmen Vidal
Madrid · 34

Direct, warm, quietly ambitious. Grew up watching her mother shrink to be liked. The directness is a choice.

Direct Dry humor Fast corrections
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Javier Montoya
Buenos Aires · 52

Patient, thoughtful, quietly melancholy. Lost his teaching post — the newsletter is a way of still feeling useful.

Patient Pedagogical Thoughtful
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Valentina Cruz
Mexico City · 22

Enthusiastic, impulsive, deeply loyal. Grew up in a family that expressed love through noise. Silence unsettles her.

High energy Slang-heavy Warm
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Yuki Tanaka
Osaka · 29

Funny, grounded, unexpectedly perceptive. Osaka energy — direct in a way Tokyoites find surprising.

Warm Funny Mistake-safe
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Camille Dubois
Paris · 32

Opinionated, precise, surprisingly warm once walls come down. Easily bored by small talk. Argues to understand.

Opinionated Sharp Precise
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6 more characters
Korean, Japanese, French
— coming at full launch

Simple to start.
Impossible to stop.

Five steps. No onboarding tour. No tutorial levels. Just get in and talk.

1

Choose your language

Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French. Pick where you want to go. More launching every quarter.

2

Choose your character

Carmen or Javier for Spanish. Yuki or Kenji for Japanese. Each one teaches you a different kind of fluency.

3

Start a real conversation

No lesson. No tutorial. Carmen says something. You respond. The conversation begins — and it's unscripted from there.

4

Get corrected naturally

Mistakes don't break the flow — they get absorbed into it. Carmen keeps going, weaving the correction in where it fits.

5

Build confidence through repetition

Each session, same character, same relationship deepening. After 10 sessions Carmen knows you. That changes how you speak.

What people say

After the first real session.

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It stopped feeling like studying.

Heritage learner · Los Angeles
"

I actually wanted to keep talking.

Intermediate learner · Chicago
"

The corrections felt natural, not embarrassing.

Beginner · New York
Pricing

Simple. No tricks.

Start free. Go deeper when you're ready.

Start
$0/mo
Try it. Feel it.
  • 1 character
  • 15 conversation turns/day
  • Basic corrections
  • Limited conversation depth
Deep
$21.99/mo
Where it feels alive.
  • Unlimited characters
  • Unlimited conversation turns
  • Advanced corrections
  • Richer character behavior
  • Expanded conversation depth
  • Early access to new features
How we compare

Every other app is missing
the most important thing.

Feature
Speqa
Duolingo
Babbel
Speak

Based on publicly available product information as of 2025.

Beta testers

What happens after
one conversation with Carmen.

★★★★★

"I've tried every language app. This is the first one where I actually forgot I was practicing. I was just... talking. To Carmen. For 40 minutes."

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Marcus T.
Learning Spanish · Beta tester
★★★★★

"My abuela only speaks Spanish. I've been trying to connect with her for years. After two weeks with Speqa I called her and we talked for 20 minutes. I cried after."

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Sofia R.
Heritage learner · Beta tester
★★★★★

"Carmen remembered that I mentioned my job interview. She brought it up two sessions later and asked how it went. I actually felt something. That's never happened with an AI before."

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James K.
Learning Spanish · Beta tester
Questions

Everything you want
to know before you start.

You don't need more lessons.
You need more real conversations.

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