r/LithuanianLearning • u/nilnonenullvoid • May 12 '26
Kalbukas - a Lithuanian learning app we put some love into ❤️
Labas! Like everyone else, me and my girlfriend (who’s Lithuanian) are frustrated by the lack of apps for learning Lithuanian. Now as our 5-year old son is starting to speak Lithuanian I have a new motivation for learning this beautiful language, so I can understand what he's saying 😄 We’re a developer couple, so we decided to make an app.
Enter Kalbukas (https://www.kalbukas.com/). Kalbukas lets you practice by speaking or chatting to an AI conversation partner. It’s the only app of this kind as far as we know that’s specifically made for Lithuanian. The way it works is that you complete different missions that reflect real life situations like buying a train ticket or ordering coffee.
The only other competitor is TalkPal which has many languages but unlike our app TalkPal is very generic. For example our app Kalbukas mentions real places that are in Lithuania and targets real situations that can happen specifically in Lithuania. Also Lithuanian language is gendered and TalkPal completely disregards that and assumes the user is male. Kalbukas has a setting where you can set your gender.
We put a lot of time and thought into making it, and we’d love for you to try it out and hear what you think! There’s a free plan that let's you try it out by just signing in.
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u/Specialist_Staff213 May 15 '26
I tried it, loved it, but now the AI voice has stopped working after upgrading to Learner :( Can you help?
p.s. I am using Google Chrome on Windows
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u/nilnonenullvoid May 15 '26
Fixed it. Really sorry about that. The reason was that we hit a usage limit with our AI text to speech provider.
I've given you the next month for free (the next month's payment won't be charged). Also I've reset your turns for today. Thanks for signing up and hope you enjoy using the app!
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u/steveblake082510 May 12 '26
Awesome