24 September 20266 min
Listening alone achieves almost nothing
Why you should read along while you listen, which speed really helps you, and how many words you need to know already for an audiobook to be worth it.
Your personal German tutor, who gets you speaking.
Upload your podcast or audiobook in German and let your tutor Bonnie lead you to fluency.
This is what the app looks like. An audio file is playing, and the text follows it word by word.
Your audio file does the teaching.
All the tools for your audio files are free.
der-sturm-auf-die-bastille.mp3
Listen and read along
Synchronised subtitles
The subtitles follow along as you listen. The app creates them from your audio file, or you upload your own.
Save words
Vocabulary in context
When you click a word in the subtitles, it is saved with its translation and an example sentence. You can export your word list as a CSV or Excel file.
Pronunciation
Repeat after me
Repeat the sentence you have just heard. Speech recognition compares it with the subtitle and marks what differs.
Practise
Vocabulary and grammar exercises
Your words become exercises: flashcards, article quizzes, plurals, synonyms and conjugation.
Writing
Writing exercises with your audio files
You listen to sentences from your own audio files and write them down. That way you practise with texts you already know.
Extension
Vocabulary helper for Chrome
The extension translates words on any website and in YouTube subtitles, and saves them to your word list. It is still in beta.
Features
See all features
Everything WieGesagt can do is on a page of its own.
24 September 20266 min
Looking up is not learning
Why a word you have just looked up is soon gone again, and the four things that have to happen for it to stay.
24 September 20265 min
Being understood, not sounding accent-free
Why your accent is not the problem, what really stops Germans from understanding you, and how you can make audible progress in eight weeks.
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Is WieGesagt really free?
Yes, everything is completely free, with no trial period, no credit card and no subscription.
Is there an upload limit?
Yes, you have 5 GB of storage. Each month the app can create subtitles for up to 12 hours of audio.
Are my voice recordings stored?
Your recordings are sent to a server for speech recognition. You will find all the details in the privacy policy.
Who can see the audio files I upload?
Only you can. Your audio files are private. They cannot be shared, and no other user can find them.
Is there a native mobile app?
No, WieGesagt runs in your browser, on a computer just as well as on a phone.
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- Cost
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- Study time
- whenever you like
- Place
- your browser
- Study material
- your media