Press kit
glot.it
Free Thai learning app with AI pronunciation scoring and a pitch-contour tone trainer.
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Facts
- Launch
- Public beta, 2026
- Platforms
- Web (PWA), iOS (TestFlight), Android (Google Play)
- Pricing
- Free for everyone during founding period — all features unlocked, no paywall.
- License
- Open source (GitHub)
- UI languages
- 19
- Lessons
- 161 across 12 proficiency stages
- Stack
- Next.js 16, React 19, React Native 0.84, Supabase, Claude Sonnet 4.6, ElevenLabs, FLUX, Langfuse, Sentry
One-liners (copy-paste ready)
Short (≤120 chars)
A free, open-source Thai-learning app with a pitch-contour tone trainer that shows you exactly where your tone slipped.
Medium (≤280 chars)
glot.it is a free Thai-learning app with 161 structured lessons, AI roleplay chat, and a pitch-contour tone mirror — the only Thai app that shows learners where their tone slipped. Built solo, open source, web + iOS + Android.
Long (≤600 chars)
glot.it is a free Thai-language learning app that takes pronunciation and tones seriously. Its pitch-contour mirror decodes your voice in real time and overlays the result on a native-speaker reference — the only Thai app to do this. 161 structured lessons cover beginner to near-native; AI roleplay practices ordering food, taking taxis, or making friends; 44 consonants come with FLUX-generated mnemonic illustrations; and 74 cultural deep-dives cover wai levels to regional food customs. Free during our founding period — offline, unlimited AI, and permanent accounts unlocked for everyone. Open source on GitHub. Built solo in three months.
Logo & icon
High-resolution marks for editorial use. All assets are free to use when writing about glot.it. Please don't use the logo to imply endorsement of unrelated products.
Screenshots
All screenshots are captured on a real iPhone 14 width (390px) in the default high-contrast theme. Resolution is press-ready. If you need a specific flow (e.g., the pitch-contour mirror mid-grade, a drill completing with ≥80% correct) captured for a piece, email press@glot.it.
Founder quote (for interviews / articles)
"Thai learners have been under-served for a decade. Duolingo treats Thai as a side quest. ThaiPod101 locks everything important behind a $25/month paywall. Most apps never even grade your tones — they just say 'try again' until you give up. glot.it exists because learners deserve better than that, and because the tone-grading problem is actually tractable with WebAudio if you take it seriously. The whole thing is free forever, the code is on GitHub, and no owl will guilt-trip anyone."
What glot.it is not
- Not a 40-language app — only Thai. This is a feature.
- Not an AI chatbot with a pedagogy sticker on it. Lessons are curated.
- Not freemium-in-disguise. Free means free-to-use, every day, forever.
- Not a Duolingo clone. No cartoon owl. No streak shame.
Story angles we think would make good articles
- The pitch-contour mirror — how glot.it got a PWA to hear Thai tones in pure WebAudio, and what learners get from it.
- Solo-dev economics — what's possible in 3 months, 211K LOC of TypeScript, a single founder, zero VC.
- Why Thai is under-served — the audience math of "major languages" apps and what it costs a 70M-speaker language to be an afterthought.
- Open-source language learning — glot.it alongside Anki, CrowdAnki, FreeLing, and others as a counter-movement to walled-garden ed-tech.
- Observability in indie apps — Langfuse + Sentry + Mushi Mushi as a "three tools, zero overlap" pattern other indie devs can copy.
Contact
Press, partnerships, and interview requests: press@glot.it. Response in under 48 hours, usually same-day.
Bug reports, feature requests, and everything else: GitHub Issues or the in-app feedback button.
Common questions about the app itself — pricing, offline use, how lessons work — are answered on the FAQ page.