Speech Genie — Brain-Based AI Language Learning

For thirty years I’ve been researching how the human brain acquires language. For fifteen of those years, I’ve been proving it works commercially. Now we’re enhancing the technology that already works by integrating Cognitive AI to deliver the experience of a personal language parent in your pocket.

What’s already proven

Kungfu English — I created Kungfu English (功夫英语) in 2009. It was the #1 top grossing app in the China App Store when it launched in 2010, and was significantly gamified in 2017. This learning system has been profitable in the Chinese market for 15 years. It proved that brain-based language acquisition works not just in theory, but as a product people pay for and use.

The TEDx talk — “How to Learn Any Language in Six Months” has been viewed over 37 million times, and has been in the TEDx top 10 for more than twelve years. It generates daily search demand for the method, the principles, and my name. 75+ websites reference the talk. Japan is the number one organic market.

Bestselling author — My book How to Learn Any Language in 6 Months (6个月学任何一种外语) became a bestseller in Chinese, establishing the brain-based approach in the Chinese-speaking world.

What’s being built

Speech Genie is a language learning platform that delivers the methodology from the TEDx talk through Cognitive AI technology.

It is not a chatbot with a language skin. It is not an LLM wrapper. Speech Genie is powered by Cognitive AI built on PATOM Theory — John Ball’s meaning-based approach to natural language understanding. PATOM models how human beings actually construct and understand meaning, not how statistical patterns predict the next word.

The result is technology that functions as a Language Parent — listening to what a learner means, adapting to their level, and guiding them through the natural acquisition process. The same concept I described in the TEDx talk, now in your pocket. The demo is live today. Four exercises in the brain-based sequence. No signup required.

What happens next

The brain-based approach has been proven with 10,000+ learners over 15 years. The TEDx talk has reached 37 million people. The technology is working. What comes next is scale, along with true interactivity, based around meaning.

Where do you want to go?

I want to try the method. The demo is free. No signup. Try it now →

I want to support this early. Speech Genie is offering early access and founders pricing to backers. Back us →

I’m interested in the investment or the research. Language Parent Inc. is the company behind Speech Genie and PatAI. Visit Language Parent →