Speak with confidence and clarity.
We use AI and speech recognition to dramatically improve the pronunciation of non-native English speakers, helping them to successfully communicate.
Get to know Blue Canoe
Learn how we partner with English-language training companies and multinational corporations to empower learners to speak English more clearly and confidently.
Clear speech in just ten minutes a day
Our mobile games and activities are built on the proven 20-year-old Color Vowel® System, which has been used by over 1,000,000 people around the world to help with their English pronunciation. Then, we layered on leading-edge speech recognition and machine-learning technology to create a virtual ESL teacher.
Listen to the Blue Canoe difference for yourself.
Benefits for English-language training companies
Partner with us to improve your students’ ability to speak clearly. We can customize the content to fit your curriculum.
- Sell new courses for new revenue
- Shine with revolutionary AI technology
- Improve learner success
- Track learner progress with Dashboard
- Improve and retain teachers with powerful training courses
Benefits for businesses
Work with us to help your employees speak more effectively with customers and colleagues, focusing on the vocabulary they use most often.
- Increase customer satisfaction
- Improve response times
- Encourage team sharing of ideas
- Increase employee loyalty
Benefits for learners
Play Blue Canoe to learn the secrets to pronouncing English clearly, and stop having to repeat yourself.
- Build confidence
- Play engaging games
- Get feedback anytime, anywhere
- Track your progress
- Move ahead in your career
The science behind Blue Canoe
Blue Canoe is the English pronunciation expert. It works by overcoming the brain’s resistance to perceiving new language sounds by using other “muscles” in the brain to help. We make it fun to practice, detect the errors that matter, and provide personalized brain-friendly tips for quick progress.
Visual
Using a color and a symbol - such as BLUE MOON or GREEN TEA - for each of the 14 English vowel sounds helps your brain to remember them.
Kinesthetic
Using your hand to highlight stress - the key syllable in a word - is like turning on a switch in your brain, and helps to pronounce the words correctly.
Rhythmic
The repeating rhythm of the key English vowel sounds will help your brain learn the sounds and discover how to pronounce new words.
Why is speaking English so hard?
Two billion people are learning English worldwide. There are thousands of schools and programs to help, and many students become relatively fluent in reading and writing. However, few succeed in the “last mile” to speak and be easily understood. Why?
- Spoken English is very different from written English
- Our adult brains stop us from hearing new language sounds. Literally.
- As a result, the standard English teaching method of “listen and repeat” usually fails
See inside Blue Canoe
Blue Canoe’s virtual AI teacher and educational activities have learners practice the key English sounds and rhythms they need to be easily understood, using the parts of the brain that are most open to this instruction, and gives them immediate targeted feedback for improvement. It keeps them engaged for the daily practice it takes to rewire their brain. Watch to see why so many teachers and learners call Blue Canoe a “revolutionary game changer”!
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Testimonials
I’m delighted that we have offered Blue Canoe to our non-native English speaking employees. They are learning, improving their spoken English, and increasing their confidence, and all of this is very valuable to our company.
Olga Zguskaya
Head of HR, SAP Japan
I’m a fan of Blue Canoe because it makes something that can potentially be very, very dry fun and engaging.
Martin Petry
Director of Quality, Assurance and Training
Global Online Lesson Delivery Hub (GOLD)
Berlitz
I love the Color Vowel System in Blue Canoe. It’s a really different approach to spoken English. In 30 years of practicing English, I am only now learning how to shape my lips and jaw to make sounds that don’t exist in my mother tongue.
Sangwon Ahn
CFO
SAP Japan
Blue Canoe is a great and very innovative platform to improve your pronunciation. You learn through games, songs and rhythms. Students are always smiling and laughing so it’s a really fun and creative way to fix pronunciation immediately.
Beatrice Rehm
Quality and Training Lead
Berlitz Brazil
I enjoy playing the games and quizzes in the Blue Canoe app, and I feel that I’ve learned a lot from it. I also believe that I have much more to learn and gain from it in the future.
Nir Drucker
Engineer
Israel
Blue Canoe is the best solution to really improve our employees’ pronunciation. We are delighted to offer it to our teams and see their spoken English develop on a consistent basis.
Neil Hasegawa-Yates
English Teacher
Ernst & Young Tax Co., Japan
Our team
We are experienced entrepreneurs and leaders who have a vision of how we can use technology to help non-native English speakers change their lives and careers by improving their pronunciation and English communication skills.
Tony Andrews
CTO and Co-founder
Tony is a visionary and expert architect and technology leader. Microsoft, Performance Phones, Netwise, Array Technology
Sarah Daniels
CEO and Co-founder
Sarah is an experienced leader and serial entrepreneur. Trulia, Market Leader, Dreambox Learning, Aventail
Matthew Elsea
Director of Product Design
Matthew is a product and design leader driven by user research and data. Geocaching HQ, Murray Franklyn.
Laura McIndoo
ESL Educator and Game Designer
Laura is the brains behind Color it Out! and a veteran ESL teacher. English Language Training Solutions, Central New Mexico Community College
Amit Mital
Co-founder and board member
Amit is CEO and Founder of Kernel Labs, and an experienced high tech exec and innovator. Symantec, Microsoft
Michael Rawding
VP of Global Business Development
Michael is a dynamic global business executive with extensive strategic sales and operational expertise in Asia. Microsoft Greater China, Microsoft Japan, Microsoft Asia, Washington State China Relations Council
Karen Taylor
Board Member, Head of Education Team
Karen is the creator of the Color Vowel System and a world-class ESL educator. English Language Training Solutions, American University
Andrei Villasana
Software Engineer
Andrei is an experienced full-stack developer with expertise in mobile development. Smashing Ideas/ReachNow, Best Buy
Dr. Xiaoyun Wang
Speech and ML Scientist
Xiaoyun is an expert in speech and machine learning, with leading innovations in 2nd language learning. Doshisha, UCLA, Nanyang Tech
Penny Williams
VP of Marketing
Penny drives awareness, sales and customer success at high-tech companies. Outreach, Trulia, Market Leader, DDB, Rapp
Get in touch
English-language training companies: Want to offer Blue Canoe to your learners?
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