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WalkTalk
Develop your Russian/Estonian language skills by using it everyday!
WalkTalk is not yet another translation software or mobile dictionary. WalkTalk helps you practice the language that you already learn either on your own or in a language school, in everyday life: in a coffee-shop, on the street, at a bust stop... Right phrase in the right place.
Start to talk with WalkTalk
Catch the new language with simple everyday dialogues.
Language learners around the world know how difficult is to start speaking a foreign language when it comes to reality. Taking language classes doesn’t help enough. But real life and real people do! That’s where WalkTalk comes to help and encourage you!
Location based
Right phrases
in the right place.
WalkTalk is the only geolocation-based language App in Baltic region. Download WalkTalk to get location-specific dialogs and phrases you may need in an airport, bakery, at a conference... and they will show up on your smartphone’s screen! We know it is hard to start speaking a language. This is why we’re here to help.
Convenient
Meeting your wishes.
If you wish, you can listen the pronunciation of specific words or phrases and tune your app so that the phrases or words you’re already familiar with never show up again. If necessary, you can add the specific phrases you need and link them to the locations where you want to use them later on.
Scientific background
Environment
as learning tool.
International studies show that neither a textbook nor language learning software are natural enough to master communication skills in foreign languages. WalkTalk employs mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) technology to make language learning an interesting social activity and secures faster and more persistent results.
Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about WalkTalk
FAQ
How does WalkTalk differ from other language-learning apps?
WalkTalk is the only geolocation-based language app in the Baltic region. This means that WalkTalk is not yet another dictionary on your mobile device. It detects your location and offers relevant dialogues and phrases you might need in a specific situation. Right phrases in the right situation.
Who is the WalkTalk’s target audience?
WalkTalk is suitable for anyone who wants to practice their Estonian or Russian in real life. It is intended for those who already speak basic language (at A1 level) to advance their skill up to B1 level in real-life situation.
When will WalkTalk become available for everyone?
In fall 2017, the prototype for Estonian and Russian languages will become available for the first test users. Based on their feedback, we will improve and update the app to make it available for everyone by the end of the year.
Testimonials
"I have been teaching Estonian for almost 10 years. I always try to inspire my students to practice Estonian in everyday life. I am looking forward to seeing WalkTalk, which have a good potential to enrich the language learning and help thousands of students."
Evelin Müüripeal
Lingatore Language School, CEO,
Estonian Foreign Language Teachers' Union vice-president, 2009-2016
"When the concept of Walk Talk had been introduced to me I liked it right away. After working in the urban environment, both in New York and in Estonia, I believe that it could help many language learners to practice the right words just when you need them. I am sure one of the first test-clients."
Ivan Sergejev
City architect of Narva (Estonia);
TEDx speaker
WalkTalk team
The technology that makes the learning of a foreign language natural again.
WalkTalk is an Estonian start-up developing language-learning technology. The founders won Narva Protron Hackathon in 2016. Our mission is to help thousands of Estonian and Russian speakers living in Estonia become more courageous to speak with each other.
Once we launch this project in small Estonia, we are planning to expand it worldwide. This especially relevant for communities with similar language learning issues, such as Turks in Germany or Spanish-speaking people in the US. WalkTalk makes it possible!
Ants Liivat
CTO
System Architect. As a former chief of marketing and e-channels at Tallinn University of Technology, he knows how to build information systems, both in theory and practice. Founder and leader of Levipro, an IT company, he has gained an experience in building web applications for successful businesses in Estonia.
Tarvo Sarmet
CMO
Linchpin. He has 15 years of experience as Head of Marketing of SEB bank’s Internet banking and publishing for international magazines. He used to consult town mayors the candidate for Prime Minister. He graduated from the University of Technology and obtained his Master of Social Sciences (MA) from University of Tallinn.
Aleksandr Aidarov, PhD
CLO/linguist
The author of the app’s concept who fluently speaks four languages and studies contextual language learning. He has a 15 years-long experience in social research and analysis and has also worked for 8 years as a lecturer at the Technical University of Tallinn. Today, Aleksandr works as an adviser for the Estonian Ministry of Culture in the department of cultural diversity.
Matthias Klitzsch
Designer
An Architect from Germany. He is still on the books of the Bauhaus but loves Estonia. At night, he designs the new Linnahall project to a new one in the team of Alliance Architects. At daytime, he designs the WalkTalk app and plans to extend it the Central European market.
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