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FluentKey Fixes and Improvements for the New Year

Happy New Year everybody! Over the holidays we completed some major improvements to FluentKey that should significantly improve the usability of the site. If you haven’t tried FluentKey in a while, please check it out again, and let us know what you think. You can email me personally at hugo@fluentkey.com with any feedback. NOTE: If […]

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Pro Content Coming Soon!

We’ve heard from many teachers about the difficulty of finding fun and meaningful beginner videos for their students. That’s why we’ve spent time this summer creating a variety of Spanish and French videos designed specifically for beginner language students. For Spanish, we’ve filmed fun TikTok-style videos with native Spanish speakers on topics like introductions, food, […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: Custom Pronunciation Lists

Happy Yom Kippour and Mid-Autumn Festival, everybody! It’s been a few weeks since my last update. Like many of you, I’ve found this new school year both intense and challenging in a hundred crazy ways. Hang in there, guys! I know how tough it is. I’ve also been delighted to hear from teachers who are using Peaksay […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: Custom Pronunciation Lists

Hey everybody, This week I’m excited to introduce Custom Pronunciation Lists. A number of you asked for this feature, and now it’s here. Create your own pronunciation lists with sentences of your choice, then share Pronunciation Games using those lists with others. Each custom game has its own separate leaderboard. Note: you must be logged into Peaksay to […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: More Energy, More Options.

Hey everybody, Here’s what’s new this week. Improved Speaking Mode functionality. You can now stop recordings by pressing the button again. Added additional options to Learn Mode, including audio speed, voice playback, Speaking Mode difficulty. Rebalanced the energy system. Players lose energy faster, but at the same time, gain more energy for correct answers. Hopefully, this should feel more dynamic […]

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FluentKey’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy

FluentKey recently had its one-year anniversary, and while we are all proud of how far we have come in this past year, we are looking forward to our next steps. Because we are such a young business, we are in a unique place to ensure that our company values are represented in our policies. We […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: Welcome to Speaking Mode!

Hey everybody, This week, I’m excited to premiere Peaksay’s new Speaking Mode. Finally, you can actually speak when practicing our interactive conversations! Watch the video below for my introduction, then go to to Peaksay to check it out. I eagerly await your feedback ?. Warmly, Hugo What’s Next: Learn Mode Polish: adding speaking difficulty, speaking answer support, playback speed, and voice […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: A New Pronunciation Writing Mode

Hey everybody, Here’s what’s new this week. The Pronunciation Game has a new “Writing Mode.” Hear the pronunciation and try to write what you hear–accents included. Pronunciation Game transcriptions are much improved; now recognizes numbers and alternate spellings of different words. Pronunciation Game leaderboard shows results for different modes. Pronunciation Game now works on Firefox and displays […]

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Celebrating One Year of FluentKey. Here’s What’s Next.

One Year of FluentKey: FluentKey launched in July of last year. That means, as of this week, we’re officially one year old. 11,000 teachers, 115,000 students, 25,000 assignments, 7,800 schools What an amazing, nail-biting ride it’s been. I think I speak for everyone on the team when I say–building a startup is hard. There were […]

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Peaksay Weekly Update: Pronunciation “Listening Mode”

Hey everybody, Here’s what’s new this week. The Pronunciation Game has a new “Listening Mode.” Instead of reading a sentence to speak, hear the audio instead. Can you mimic it accurately? Sentences no longer repeat in the Pronunciation Game. Additional sentences and languages added to the Pronunciation Game. A link to the Pronunciation Game has been added to the […]