Live Reply Assistant — speak for yourself, with real-time support.
Instant translation lets you understand. Real life still asks you to answer.
A convenience-store shift, a phone call, a meeting abroad — you catch what they said, then freeze: what do I say back? Apps that speak for you never train your mouth. Apps that only chat with AI never put you in that moment.
KiboTalk is a live reply assistant for real conversations. It listens to the other person, offers a few lines you could say — meaning, target language, and reading help when you need it — and you choose one and speak it yourself.
Language barriers are not only about vocabulary. They are about the seconds between hearing and responding — when confidence drops and opportunity slips away.
We believe people should keep ownership of their voice. AI can suggest; you still speak. That is how foreign-language life becomes practice, not spectacle — and how more people can work, study, and belong across languages without waiting until they feel “ready.”
- Hear them, not a bot — built for face-to-face talk with a real counterpart.
- A few reply choices — typically three candidates, or a quiet skip when no prompt is needed.
- Meaning + sayable line — understand the intent, then say the sentence in the language of the room.
- Stuck mid-sentence? — get a full, speakable completion instead of a blank pause.
- Your level, your languages — conversation language and meaning language can differ (e.g. speak Japanese, read meaning in Chinese); difficulty follows you.
- You open your mouth — no TTS that talks over you; KiboTalk assists, you deliver.
- Not two-way simultaneous translation where each side stays in their mother tongue.
- Not an AI that speaks as you.
- Not “chat with a language tutor” as the main mode — the main mode is real people, live.
Early MVP. Product intent and requirements live in the spec. For contributors and agents, see AGENTS.md.
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