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Spoken English role-play

Pick a situation and talk with an AI that plays the other person — an interviewer, a bank clerk, a customer, an examiner, a shopkeeper or the person on a phone call. Speak (or type) up to 6 replies, then get AI feedback on your words. Your first conversation needs no account; sign up free to keep practising (10 conversations a day). Want one a day? Follow the 30-day plan.

What happens to your voice and words

Speech-to-text is done by your browser, not by Shishya; in Chrome and Edge that service runs on Google's or Microsoft's servers under their terms. Shishya never receives or stores audio. The text of each reply is sent to an AI model for the next line (it may be Anthropic's Claude) and is not stored. Long numbers and email addresses are removed before the AI sees them; everyone and everything in these scenes is made up, and the AI is told never to ask for your real details.

We judge words, not accent

The AI reads only the words, so it does not judge accent or pronunciation. It scores three things from 1 to 4: words for the situation, grammar, clarity. It is practice feedback from an AI that can be wrong, not an exam band.

This practice uses your microphone and an AI conversation partner, so it is for students aged 13 and up.

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The six situations

HR interview

Answer an HR interviewer's questions for a fresher job. You play a candidate in a job interview; the AI plays an HR interviewer at a company hiring freshers.

  1. Tell me about yourself — Introduce yourself in full sentences: your studies, one interest and why you applied.
  2. Why this job? — Give two reasons you want the job, each with an example from your life.
  3. Your project — Explain your project simply: what it was, your part, one problem and what you learnt.
  4. Strengths and a weakness — Name a strength with a real example, and one weakness you are working on.
  5. Your questions for us — Ask at least two polite questions about the job, training or joining.

At the bank counter

Ask for help at a bank counter, politely and clearly. You play a customer at the bank; the AI plays a staff member at the counter of a bank branch.

  1. Open a savings account — Say you want to open a savings account and ask what you need to bring.
  2. Update the passbook — Ask to update your passbook and ask politely how long it will take.
  3. Lost ATM card — Explain calmly that you lost your card, when, and ask what to do next.
  4. Ask about an education loan — Ask about an education loan: say your course and ask what papers you need.
  5. A wrong charge — Complain politely about a charge you did not expect and ask what the bank will do.

Call-centre job

Be the support agent: calm a customer and solve the problem. You play the support agent who takes the call; the AI plays a customer calling a support helpline.

  1. Slow internet — Greet the customer, say sorry for the trouble and ask questions to understand the problem.
  2. A high bill — Stay calm, ask what the customer used this month and explain the next step clearly.
  3. Change my plan — Ask how the customer uses their phone and suggest a choice in simple words.
  4. An angry customer — Say sorry, keep calm, and promise only what you can do: check and update the customer.
  5. Saying no politely — Say no politely, explain the rule simply and offer another option.

College viva

Answer an examiner's questions about your work in clear English. You play a student facing a viva; the AI plays an external examiner taking a viva.

  1. Explain your project — Explain your project in three or four sentences, as if to someone new to it.
  2. A practical you did — Describe a practical: the aim, the main steps and one precaution.
  3. Why this method? — Give a reason for your choice and name one other way you could have done it.
  4. When you do not know — If you do not know an answer, say so politely and share what you do know.
  5. What you learnt — Say what you did, one thing you learnt and how you will use it.

At a shop

Buy, ask, return and bargain politely at a shop. You play a customer; the AI plays a shopkeeper.

  1. Buy a phone charger — Ask for a charger, compare two choices and ask about the price and warranty.
  2. Return a pair of shoes — Explain the problem, show you have the bill and ask for an exchange.
  3. Something is out of stock — Ask for three things and react politely when one is not there.
  4. Bargain politely — Bargain politely: say the price is high, offer your price and agree kindly.
  5. Things for a project — Say what your project needs and your budget, and ask for suggestions.

Phone call

Make a short, clear phone call in English. You play the caller; the AI plays the person who answers a phone call.

  1. Call the college office — Say who you are, ask your question clearly and thank them at the end.
  2. Move an interview time — Say why you are calling, give your reason and agree on a new time.
  3. Tell the hostel warden — Say who you are, why you will be late and when you will reach.
  4. Ask about a parcel — Explain what you are waiting for and since when, and ask when it will come.
  5. Ask the library — Ask if a book is available and what time the library opens and closes.

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