Imprint™ · Ring 1 · Pronunciation
Your accent
is a muscle.
Phoneme-level scoring against your dialect model. Not "did you pass" — which sounds, and by exactly how much.
"Noticing is the necessary first step. You cannot acquire a sound you have never explicitly noticed deviating." — Schmidt (1990)
Your weakest sounds · this week
Uvular R
+14 this week
French uvular R — the throat vibration no other European language uses
rouge, rue, vrai
Front rounded
+8 this week
Say 'ee' but round your lips like 'oo' — a sound with no English equivalent
lune, tu, vue
Nasal front
+6 this week
Nasalized front vowel — air exits through the nose while the jaw drops slightly
pain, vin, bien
Open mid front
+11 this week
Say 'eh' but round your lips — peur (fear), cœur (heart)
peur, cœur, seul
Palatal fricative
+5 this week
Voiced palatal fricative — like 'zh' in 'treasure'
je, jardin, rouge
Back nasal
+9 this week
'o' resonating entirely through the nose — a purely nasalized back vowel
bon, son, long
Why isolation first?
DeKeyser (2007) is explicit: declarative knowledge — knowing how a sound should be made — cannot transfer to automatic production through contextual practice alone.
The phoneme must be drilled in isolation: heard, recorded, scored, and corrected until the motor pattern is stable. Only then does contextual use consolidate it.
Imprint™ is the isolation stage. Pulse™ is the transfer. Removing either stage breaks the acquisition chain.
01
Hear
Native dialect audio. Real speed. No prep.
02
Record
Azure captures your attempt. Every phoneme scored.
03
See the gap
Deviation shown per sound. Not vague — exact.
04
Drill the gap
Retry the weak sound in isolation until it locks.
05
Full phrase
All phonemes passing. Say it at speed.
06
Ring updates
FP recorded. Phoneme history compounding.
HEXI identifies your three highest-impact phonemes from your VOICECAST™ baseline and queues them for your first Imprint™ session.
3 sounds.
That's the gap.
Find yours →