For professionals who do the work — and dread the word
Speak every word
with confidence.
You know the answer. You've done the work. Don't let one word you're unsure how to say keep you quiet in the room where it counts. Highlight it, hear it, practice it — in seconds.
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It's never the idea. It's the word.
The client's name. A technical term. That one verb. You're not sure how it lands — so you reword the sentence, soften the point, or let someone else say it. The meeting moves on without you.
Do that enough times and it stops being about one word. It becomes the reason you don't raise your hand, don't take the demo, don't put yourself up for the thing you've earned.
It's not in your head.
The instinct to stay quiet is rational. Listeners really do judge the same words differently depending on how they're said.
People judged the exact same statements as less truewhen spoken with a non-native accent — because the brain mistakes “harder to follow” for “less credible.”
Non-native English speakers now outnumber native speakers worldwide by about three to one. You're the rule, not the exception.
British Council · David CrystalOf the U.S. labor force is foreign-born — about 31 million people navigating high-stakes English every working day.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024Accent affects who gets shortlisted and how competent they're judged — an overlooked drag on advancement.
Accent-bias scoping review (PMC)Want the full picture? Read why your accent isn't the problem →
You don't need to lose your accent.
Your accent isn't the problem, and erasing it isn't the goal. Clarity is.What changes how you're heard is saying the handful of words that trip you — clearly, the first time, without the flinch.
That's the whole job of Nounce: the specific words you stumble on, fixed. Your voice stays yours.
How it works.
Three taps, five seconds — without leaving the page you're on.
Highlight & summon
Select any word — a doc, a PDF, a Slack thread — and press Alt+Q in Chrome, or ⌥Space in any app on a Mac. The overlay opens in place. On a phone, type or paste the word in your browser.
Say it back
Tap “say it” and speak the word. Nounce listens and breaks down exactly how you said each syllable.
The “g” is silent — glide straight to “dime,” don't sound the g.
Fix the one sound
Get a verdict and a physical tip for the sound that slipped — so the next try lands.
Built for the room that decides.
Not for casual learners — for people who already speak English well and want to sound as sharp as they think, in the moments that move a career.
- The senior engineer. Defending a design in architecture review — the term you coined, said with zero hesitation.
- The product manager. Live customer demo, exec in the room. The feature name lands clean on the first try.
- The solutions architect. Onboarding call with a new client whose name you want to get exactly right.
Three things a quick search can't do.
Tell you which sound was wrong
Record yourself and get per-syllable feedback — not a single pass/fail, but the exact sound that slipped.
Give you a physical fix
“Drop your jaw, pull your tongue back.” A concrete tip you can act on, not just a clip to mimic.
Explain it in your sentence
Contextual meaning for the exact sentence you're reading — not the dictionary's ten unrelated senses.
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Honest answers.
Will Nounce make me lose my accent?
Isn't this just a dictionary with audio?
Does it record me?
Is there a Mac app?
Does it work on my phone?
What does it cost?
Get the word right
before the meeting.
Start free in Chrome, on your Mac, or in your phone's browser. No card.
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