WitSpeak introduces an AI English speaking coach shaped by founder Fatih Can YILDIRIM’s personal language-learning journey.
-- ZenithNexus AI Technologies LLC, a Miami-based AI product company, today announced the continued development and availability of WitSpeak, an AI-powered English speaking coach created to help learners practice spoken English, build speaking confidence, improve pronunciation clarity, and prepare for IELTS Speaking. WitSpeak is available on both iOS and Android through the Apple App Store and Google Play, with a free practice tier and optional premium subscriptions.
WitSpeak was developed for learners who understand English but struggle to speak it spontaneously in academic, professional, and everyday settings. The platform combines realistic voice conversations, personalized feedback, pronunciation practice, roleplay scenarios, open-ended speaking sessions, and IELTS Speaking preparation in one speaking-first experience. Rather than presenting AI as a replacement for teachers, ZenithNexus positions WitSpeak as a way to make frequent, individualized practice more accessible during the hours when tutors, instructors, or classroom partners are not available.
A Personal Challenge Behind the Product
WitSpeak grew from the experiences of founder Fatih Can YILDIRIM, an attorney, entrepreneur, and Emory University MBA graduate. Before attending Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, Yildirim spent significant time and resources preparing for the language demands of a competitive United States MBA program. He used applications, preparation materials, online resources, and private tutoring. Each helped with parts of the process, but the experience remained fragmented.
Private lessons were limited by scheduling, while many digital tools focused on lessons and exercises rather than real spoken interaction. Yildirim found that pronunciation clarity, spontaneous responses, accent comfort, and long-term speaking confidence required more continuous practice than most learning formats could provide.
“WitSpeak came directly from problems my wife and I experienced ourselves. I tried different apps, preparation resources, and private tutors, but the experience was always fragmented. A tutor could not be available every time I needed to practice, and there was rarely enough time to work deeply on pronunciation, accent clarity, confidence, and spontaneous speaking,” said Yildirim.
After entering the MBA program, he saw that admission did not remove the speaking challenge. Class discussions, group projects, presentations, networking conversations, and professional settings required quick responses and clear expression. The experience reinforced a central insight behind WitSpeak: knowing grammar and vocabulary is not the same as feeling ready to speak in real time.
A Private Space for Repeated Speaking Practice
WitSpeak addresses both the technical and emotional sides of spoken English. The technical side includes fluency, coherence, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and natural expression. The emotional side includes hesitation, perfectionism, fear of judgment, and anxiety around making mistakes. For many learners, the barrier is not that they lack ideas. It is that they do not feel safe enough to test those ideas out loud.
The app allows users to practice with lifelike AI coaches, including Daniel, a British-accent English coach, and Emma, an American-accent English coach. Learners can enter practical roleplay situations such as job interviews, workplace conversations, travel scenarios, café interactions, and social discussions. Free Talk supports open-ended conversation, while Rapid Fire uses short prompts to help users think and respond more naturally in English.
WitSpeak also includes dedicated pronunciation practice that identifies specific words and sounds for improvement. The goal is not to erase a learner’s accent, but to support clarity, intelligibility, confidence, and communication across different contexts. Feedback is designed to be actionable, helping users understand where they struggled and what to practice next.
“My wife understood more English than she felt comfortable speaking. Her biggest obstacle was not a lack of intelligence or effort. It was the anxiety of making a mistake and feeling judged. That helped me understand that language-learning products need to address confidence as seriously as they address grammar,” said Yildirim.
IELTS Speaking Support With Goal-Based Feedback
For IELTS candidates, WitSpeak offers full Speaking mock tests covering Parts 1, 2, and 3, focused practice for individual sections, topic and difficulty filters, and targeted exercises for weaker assessment areas. The app provides AI-generated band-score estimates across IELTS Speaking criteria, including Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation.
The product does not guarantee fluency, admission outcomes, career advancement, or any specific IELTS band score. Instead, it is designed to give learners a more consistent way to prepare, compare progress, and work on specific speaking behaviors over time. Personalized roadmaps, saved vocabulary, weekly goals, streaks, reminders, and progress charts help users turn speaking practice into a repeatable habit rather than an occasional task.
This goal-based approach allows different learners to use WitSpeak in different ways. An international student can focus on academic readiness and presentations. A professional can practice workplace communication and interviews. A traveler can rehearse everyday interactions. An IELTS candidate can move between casual fluency exercises and structured test preparation without switching platforms.
The company also shares product updates and learning content through WitSpeak on Instagram and WitSpeak on LinkedIn, where it highlights speaking practice, AI English speaking app features, pronunciation practice, and IELTS Speaking preparation.
From School Libraries to AI Learning Tools
Yildirim’s interest in educational access began before ZenithNexus. While living in Türkiye, he helped establish 12 school libraries across 11 provinces, including communities where students had limited access to learning resources. That work shaped his view that talent and ambition are widely distributed, but access to high-quality education is not.
“I have always believed that access should not determine potential. In Türkiye, I helped establish 12 libraries across 11 provinces, including in communities where schools had very limited learning resources. WitSpeak is a continuation of the same belief, using a different form of technology,” said Yildirim.
ZenithNexus applies that mission through a connected portfolio of education technology products. Its broader ecosystem includes WitPrep, which supports standardized-test preparation through diagnostics, personalized practice, vocabulary tools, and progress tracking, and WitWord, which focuses on vocabulary development for exam preparation. More information about the company is available at ZenithNexus AI Technologies.
“The best educational technology should not simply give learners more content. It should understand where they are struggling, give them a safe place to practice, and help them become capable of doing something they previously avoided,” said Yildirim.
Through WitSpeak, ZenithNexus aims to make AI English speaking practice more practical, personal, and accessible for learners preparing for real conversations, professional growth, academic environments, and IELTS Speaking tasks. The company’s approach centers on measurable practice, human-centered learning, and support that complements traditional instruction rather than replacing it.
About WitSpeak
WitSpeak is an AI-powered English speaking coach developed and published by ZenithNexus AI Technologies LLC, a Miami-based AI product company focused on practical, accessible learning technology. WitSpeak supports everyday English conversation practice, pronunciation development, speaking confidence, personalized English learning, and AI IELTS Speaking practice through voice-based interactions and actionable feedback. For inquiries contact the company at press@zenithnexus.ai.
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