Alloglot

Alloglot: Audiobooks and a speaking tutor for language learners

Alloglot writes stories at the learner's level in 295 languages and reads them aloud, so people can listen like an audiobook while reading along. Each word lights up as it is spoken, a translation sits under every sentence, and Alo, an AI speaking tutor, lets learners talk about what they read in the language they are learning.

Key Features

• Read-along audio: Every story is read aloud with words highlighted as they are spoken, using synthetic voices from providers including Azure Speech, ElevenLabs, Google Cloud, OpenAI and Rime, plus human narrators for some classics.
• Talk with Alo: Speak or type with an AI tutor that answers in the target language at your level, about a book you read or any topic, with gentle corrections in its replies.
• Stories at your level: Ten levels, loosely aligned with CEFR, take learners from no words at all to native books, news and shows.
• Tap for meaning: Tap any word or phrase for its meaning and grammar, with an English translation under every sentence.
• Large library: 1,731 books, from short graded stories to public-domain classics, scripture, science and philosophy in their original languages.
• Regional variants: Spanish, Portuguese, French and Chinese come in regional versions, with that region's words and voices.
• Practice from your reading: Handwriting for new scripts, Chinese and Japanese characters, and word-form drills built from sentences you have read.
• Your own texts: Plus subscribers can upload their own texts and keep generated stories private.
• API and MCP: A developer API and MCP server let scripts and AI assistants create stories, turn them into audiobooks and export books as JSON or EPUB.

Use Cases

• Listening immersion: Building comprehension through hours of read-along audio at the right level.
• Speaking practice: Talking through a story with Alo before real conversations.
• Rare and heritage languages: Learning less commonly taught languages such as Georgian, Malagasy or Haitian Creole.
• Reading the classics: Moving from graded stories to original texts with audio and translation support.

Pricing

The public library is free to read and listen to, and a free account starts with 100 credits plus 30 each month. A short story costs 40 credits and a minute with Alo costs 4. Plus costs $79 a year (founding price) and adds about six new stories with audio or 2.5 hours of conversation with Alo each month, plus private stories and uploads.

Getting Started

• Website: alloglot.com
• Talk to Alo: alloglot.com/talk
• Documentation: docs.alloglot.com

Alloglot pairs level-graded audiobooks in hundreds of languages with a voice tutor and reading-based practice, built around immersion rather than quizzes.