Optional conversation practice · Text or voice · iOS 17.0+

Guided French conversation practice with AI Coach Léo.

Léo gives complete beginners and A0-A2 learners a low-pressure place to try a short French exchange, get a natural follow-up question, and keep speaking. Use it after a reviewed Parle mission when you want extra variation around the same real-life situation.

A conversation partner, not an examiner

Say something useful, receive a short reply, continue.

  1. Choose a situationStart from a suggested real-life prompt or bring your own topic.
  2. Type or speakSend a French message. Voice input is converted into text before the AI request.
  3. Read and listenLéo responds in French with a short continuation and may offer a more natural formulation.
  4. Answer againUse the follow-up question to extend the exchange in your own words.
Parle AI Coach Léo screen with guided French conversation situations for beginner speaking practice
AI Coach Léo offers additional conversation situations inside the submitted App.

Beginner conversation ideas

Practise beyond one memorized script.

Use AI practice to vary a familiar situation after the structured course has supplied the sounds, model phrase, and speaking goal.

Situation

Introduce yourself

Practise your name, where you live, what you do, and one natural follow-up question.

Situation

Order and ask

Rehearse short exchanges for cafés, shops, travel, appointments, and everyday services.

Situation

Describe your day

Turn familiar vocabulary into connected answers about plans, routines, preferences, and recent events.

Situation

Repair the conversation

Ask someone to repeat, clarify a word, or slow down instead of abandoning the exchange.

What the AI can and cannot tell you

Useful for practice, bounded as a source.

AI Coach Léo may make mistakes. Its responses are generated for the current exchange and are not reviewed course content.

It does not score your accent

AI Coach works from the text it receives. A voice transcription can be wrong, but that is not an acoustic evaluation or an accent-quality score.

Generated output stays separate

The structured A0-A2 missions, model phrases, sound cues, and pronunciation audio are reviewed first-party course content. Léo adds optional variation.

Check important language

For high-stakes, sensitive, or unfamiliar wording, verify the answer with a qualified teacher or a trusted reference before relying on it.

AI privacy boundary

You choose whether to use third-party AI processing.

Before AI Coach opens, Parle asks you to accept a separate disclosure. If you continue, the messages you type and text transcribed from your voice are sent to DeepSeek, a third-party AI service, to generate replies. The audio recording itself is not included in that AI request.

You can decline and leave AI Coach while continuing to use the reviewed course and sound library.

Read the Parle privacy policy

AI practice questions

Using Léo responsibly

What is AI Coach Léo in Parle?

Léo is optional guided French conversation practice inside Parle. You can type or use voice input, receive a short French reply, and continue a beginner-level exchange.

Does AI Coach Léo score French pronunciation?

No. AI Coach does not score your accent. Voice input is transcribed to text for the conversation, so recognition errors can occur and are not a measurement of accent quality.

Can the AI Coach make mistakes?

Yes. AI-generated replies and corrections may make mistakes. Treat Léo as extra practice, not an authoritative source. Reviewed course phrases and pronunciation audio are kept separate.

What AI Coach data is sent to a third party?

After you accept the in-App disclosure, messages you type and text transcribed from voice input are sent to DeepSeek to generate replies. The conversation recording itself is not sent in that AI request.

Structured course first, optional variation next

Practise a reviewed mission, then continue the conversation with Léo.