Question 1

What is dictation, and why does it help?

Accepted Answer

You listen to a sentence and type exactly what you hear. It forces you to catch every word — articles, word endings, weak sounds — so your listening and spelling sharpen together, far faster than passive listening.

Question 2

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

No. Try a sentence right here on this page, then practice 3 full lessons — with audio and word-by-word feedback — without signing up. Create a free account to keep practicing: 100 Echoes (about 10 more lessons), plus saved progress, streaks, and a mistakes notebook.

Question 3

What are Echoes?

Accepted Answer

Echoes are the energy you spend to start a new lesson (10 per lesson — replays are always free). You get 100 at sign-up, +10 with every daily check-in, and Echoes never expire.

Question 4

What can I practice?

Accepted Answer

Lessons are natural English with clear, studio-quality audio, graded on the CEFR scale and organized into series — from first-steps beginner English built on the Basic English 850 word list, up through exam listening like TOEIC. Pick the series that fits your goal; new lessons are added regularly.

Question 5

I'm a complete beginner — where do I start?

Accepted Answer

Start with the Basic English 850 series: short everyday sentences built almost entirely from Ogden's famous 850-word Basic English list, with the earliest lessons recorded at a slower pace. Every lesson shows how many of the 850 core words you've collected so far, and the series starts gently at A1, climbing one level at a time — a first week that feels doable, not discouraging. The series is complete: follow it to the end and you'll have collected every one of the 850.

Question 6

Can I create my own dictation lessons?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Lesson Studio lets any signed-in user build dictation lessons: paste sentences from a podcast, a textbook, or your own notes, and Dictation Trainer generates natural audio and word-level phonetics for every sentence. Your lessons live in a private library, and practicing them is free forever.

Question 7

Can I practice with YouTube videos?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Paste a YouTube link and the video becomes a private dictation lesson: the captions are split into sentences, the difficulty is estimated (CEFR), and you get the same word-by-word feedback and mistakes notebook as official courses. The audio plays from the video itself, so you practice real voices at real speed — with 0.75× slow-down when you need it. Misheard words land in your mistakes notebook for later review — the loop that turns watching into learning. The video needs English captions; your first import is free.

Question 8

How does AI turn my notes into a lesson?

Accepted Answer

Paste raw study notes — mixed languages are fine. The AI keeps the complete English sentences it finds, fixes obvious typos, expands vocabulary items into natural example sentences, and drafts the rest around your topic. You tick the sentences you want before anything is saved.

Question 9

Can I share my lessons with students or friends?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Private lessons can be shared by email with other registered users — the lesson appears in their library and they practice it free, with their own progress and mistakes tracked. You keep control and can revoke access anytime, which makes it handy for teachers running a class.

Question 10

What does creating a lesson cost?

Accepted Answer

Building and editing lessons is free. AI sentence drafting is a one-time 1,000 Echoes per lesson (three generations included), and generating audio plus phonetics is a one-time 1,000 Echoes — regenerating later is free, and practicing your own lessons never costs Echoes.

Question 11

Can I practice on my phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Dictation Trainer runs in any mobile browser — headphones or earbuds are recommended so you catch the weak, linking sounds. Nothing to install.

Question 12

Is it free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — you can practice entirely on free Echoes: 100 at sign-up plus a free daily check-in top-up. Pro adds a big monthly allowance, the full mistakes book, and daily review.

	Free$0	Pro$6.99/mo · $59.99/yr	Echo Packs$4.99 · $19.99 one-time
Echoes included	100 on sign-up + 10 daily check-in	3,000 / month · 36,000 / year up front	2,000 or 10,000 one-time
Echoes never expire	✓	✓	✓
All public lessons & word-by-word feedback (10⚡ one-time unlock per lesson)	✓	✓	✓
YouTube video lessons (200⚡ per import · first one free)	✓	✓	✓
Streaks & weekly leaderboard	✓	✓	✓
Mistakes book + daily smart review	—	✓	—
Lesson Studio — create & share (up to 20 people)	✓	✓	✓
Full AI lesson (drafting + audio, 2,000⚡)	Save up or top up	Monthly Echoes cover it	Starter = one full lesson

Type what you hear.

How it works

Listen

Type it out

See every miss

Feedback that actually teaches

Any video is course material

Word-level correction

Graded lessons that adapt to you

Mistakes that come back

A weekly leaderboard

Turn your notes into lessons

Share lessons with your students

Lessons to practice with

Hi, how's it going? — first greetings

Everyday habits: build a sentence, then expand it

Office questions and quick replies: a TOEIC Part 2 warm-up

Tonight's news — law, peace, and people

Airport announcements: catch every gate, time, and change

Turn any YouTube video into a dictation lesson

Your material, your dictation course

Pricing

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What's included

Questions, answered

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