The AI Pronunciation Coach

Steve Kiss

2026年7月 · STEVE KISS

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The AI Pronunciation Coach is a detailed, practical guide to AI-Powered Pronunciation for Intermediate English Learners for readers who want a clear path from understanding the topic to using it confidently in real situations. The book is designed as a structured learning companion rather than a shallow overview: it introduces the core ideas, explains why they matter, then develops them through realistic examples, guided practice, scenario-based explanations, and common mistakes to avoid. Readers are taken step by step from foundational concepts into everyday applications, with each chapter building on the previous one so the material feels progressive, usable, and easy to revisit. The main areas of focus include Your Pronunciation Baseline: Where You Are Now, How AI Listens: Understanding Speech Recognition, Vowel Rescue: Fixing the Five Most Mispronounced Sounds, Consonant Cleanup: T, TH, and the Silent L, Your Personal AI Pronunciation Coach: Setting Up a Feedback Loop, The Stress and Rhythm Challenge, Dialogue Drill: Ordering Coffee Without Accent Anxiety, Intonation Patterns: Asking Questions and Showing Emotion, The Minimal Pair Booster: 50 Critical Word Pairs, Conversation Recovery Drills: When You Get Stuck, giving the book a concrete learning arc that moves from orientation and confidence-building to applied communication, problem solving, and independent practice. The writing style is direct, supportive, and accessible, making the book suitable for self-study, classroom reinforcement, professional development, or personal improvement. It emphasizes practical understanding over abstract theory, so readers can immediately connect the lessons to conversations, decisions, habits, and challenges they are likely to face outside the page. By the end of the book, readers should have not only a stronger grasp of the subject, but also a collection of repeatable strategies, useful language patterns, mental models, and practical routines they can continue applying after they finish reading.

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Steve Kiss is a language learning specialist and technology entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience teaching English as a second language. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where his research focused on the intersection of computer-assisted language learning and second-language phonology. After teaching ESL in classrooms across the United States, Japan, and Spain, Steve founded **VoxAccent**, an ed-tech startup that developed one of the earliest AI-driven pronunciation feedback systems for mobile devices. That experience gave him firsthand insight into how learners actually use—and sometimes struggle with—voice technology.

Steve has since become a recognized voice in the field of AI-powered language instruction. He has contributed to the development of curriculum standards for speech recognition in language learning at the Open University, and he consults with companies like ELSA and Speechling on user experience and pedagogical design. His articles on pronunciation hacking and smart coaching have appeared in *TESOL Quarterly*, *Language Learning & Technology*, and the *British Council’s TeachingEnglish* blog.

A passionate polyglot (Spanish, Japanese, Catalan, and basic Russian), Steve understands the perseverance required to master a new sound system. He is convinced that AI can democratize high-quality pronunciation training, freeing learners from the constraints of classroom time and native-speaker availability. When he is not testing new voice apps, Steve enjoys hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, cooking Thai food, and recording audiobooks for independent authors. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family and a collection of harmonicas that he plays badly but enthusiastically.

*The AI Pronunciation Coach* is his second book. His first, *The Lexical Advantage: Building Vocabulary through Smart Repetition*, remains a popular guide for intermediate learners. You can connect with Steve at **stevekiss.co** or on Twitter/X at **@stevekiss_esl**.