Speak Star

Add the speech → hear it read with expression → copy, practise, shine.

⭐ Today's practice

Competition date & how this works
  1. A little every day. Each day your child learns 2–3 new lines and first recalls the old ones. Short daily practice beats one long session (the spacing effect).
  2. Do the action. Each line has a picture and an action. Children remember sentences better when they act them out themselves, not just watch.
  3. Copy me → together → alone. Then the words slowly disappear: full line → some words hidden → first letters → picture only. Saying a line from memory, with just enough help to succeed, fixes it in memory (retrieval practice).
  4. You are the judge. After each try, press ⭐ Said it! or 🔁 Help me. "Help me" plays the line again and makes the next try easier, so your child doesn't keep getting it wrong.
  5. Listen at bedtime. Sleep turns the day's practice into memory, and children do this even better than adults.
  6. Last 2 days: full rehearsals from the pictures only, plus stage tips. Let your child perform for family or a row of toys.

Parent setup

1 · Add the speech

You can also drag a photo or file anywhere onto this box, or type straight into the box below.

Script language

Tip: write a word in CAPITALS, or tap it later with the Stress pen, to make the voice say it with extra stress.

2 · Choose how the voice sounds

Speed
With expression on, questions go up at the end, exclamations sound excited, commas get a small breath, and stressed words are slower and louder. Turn it off to hear the difference.
Want a more South Indian voice? Free ways to get one
  • Android phone or Android TV: Settings › System › Languages › Text-to-speech output › Speech Services by Google › ⚙ › Install voice data › Tamil (India) (or Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam). Then reopen this page and pick a voice marked South Indian.
  • Windows PC: open this page in Microsoft Edge: it has free natural Tamil voices Pallavi and Valluvar. Or in Settings › Time & language › Language & region › Add a language › Tamil, tick Text-to-speech.
  • Best of all: your own voice. Record each line once below. Your child hears Amma or Appa, with your accent, on the phone and the TV.

🎙 My voice

Tap ● next to a line, read it with expression, then tap ■. Recordings are saved on this device and go with the speech when you share it to the TV.

3 · Listen and practise

Tap any word to hear it slowly in parts. Tap ▶ next to a line to hear just that line. Repeat after me reads one line, then waits for your child to say it and checks the words.

4 · Record yourself and listen back

Say the whole speech like on stage. Then play it back together and talk about it: Was I loud enough? Did I stop at the full stops? Did my voice go up for the question?

Free and private: photos and files are read on this device and the voice is your browser's own. The speech, its pictures and your line recordings go online only when you press Share to TV / phone, and they are deleted automatically when the time you chose runs out.