[HN Gopher] Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to pract...
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       Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking
       languages
        
       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 different scenarios
       (travel, daily life, work, etc.), speak naturally, and the AI
       responds with natural speech back.  The goal is to make it feel
       like talking to a real person rather than doing lessons.  Techwise,
       it uses realtime speech input, transcription, LLM responses, and
       tts streaming to keep latency low so the conversation feels fluid.
       I'm specially interested in feedback about: - Does it feel natural?
       - Where does the conversation break immersion? - What would make
       you use this regularly?  Happy to answer technical questions too.
       Thanks
        
       Author : omarisbuilding
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2026-01-30 22:16 UTC (43 minutes ago)
        
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       | mrconter11 wrote:
       | What's different between this and all other 10s of different ones
       | doing the same?
        
       | rahimnathwani wrote:
       | I'm curious how the experience is different from using live voice
       | mode in ChatGPT or Gemini?
        
       | redrix wrote:
       | Cool app. It takes a lot of courage to share here, so well done.
       | I'd definitely highlight a bit more prominently what languages it
       | supports though. The interface is very "Claude" so I'd be keen to
       | hear about:
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       | - How did you go about developing this?
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       | - Was the entire thing vibe coded or just part of it? No shade
       | either way, just curious.
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       | - How long did it take?
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       | - What were some of the harder hurdles to overcome?
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       | - Given the use of AI, what's your approach to security of your
       | users data? How did you review any generated code?
        
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