Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages

Published: 1 day ago (January 30, 2026 at 05:16 PM EST)

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Source: Hacker News

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Hi,
I built TalkBits because most language apps focus on vocabulary or exercises, but not actual conversation. The hard part of learning a language is speaking naturally under pressure.

TalkBits lets you have real-time spoken conversations with an AI that acts like a native speaker. You can choose d…

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