Practice speaking a language with real people

You want to speak, not tap flashcards. The exchange apps turned into flirting, the partners ghosted, and the useful parts moved behind a subscription.

Free audio by language, no account, no romance culture, and you can skip anyone instantly.

Lumi has a room for each of seven languages that never closes, and one-to-one chats where you say which language you prefer. There are no profiles and no photos, so there is nothing to flirt through. Mistakes are the point; nobody is grading you. When you would rather read than guess, pick the language you read in from the Translate to menu at the top of the chat: messages written in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Swahili arrive in yours, translated on Lumi's own servers, with the original one tap away.

The rooms

• Practice English
• Practice Spanish
• Practice French
• Practice German
• Practice Portuguese
• Practice Italian
• Practice Dutch

Each room carries a language tag and a rules card pinned at the top, has no owner, and holds up to 20 people, with 4 on camera at a time. A question of the hour is pinned too, so there is always something to answer.

How it works

1. Pick a language room, or start a one-to-one and set the language you prefer. The chat header shows the other person's preference. When both of you are waiting and both set one, Lumi prefers a same-language match, but never makes you wait for one.
2. Pass the selfie age check, once. A moment at your camera, read by software on Lumi's own servers from several photos and tested against the birth year you typed; a person looks over its decisions afterwards. The photo is kept for 90 days at the latest and never leaves Lumi.
3. Talk. Audio, text, or video, as you like. In a room you can watch until you are ready and then post "Hi, I've been quietly listening" with one tap. Skip anyone instantly.

The safety facts

• Every person you meet has passed the selfie age check. Users aged 13 to 17 are matched only with other teens; adults (18 and over) only with adults. Teens have the same language rooms in their own lane.
• The person you meet never sees your IP address: audio and video are relayed through Lumi's own servers.
• Lumi does not record your conversations. Automated screening on Lumi's own servers may sample camera frames and check text to catch abuse; what gets flagged is kept as evidence for 90 days and reviewed by a person, the rest is discarded.
• Skip or leave at any time. Report is one tap, and a person reads every report. Bans stick to the device and the connection, and a ban is never lifted for money.
• No account, no ads, no trackers, no data sale, and no third-party vendors. Nothing about who you meet is paywalled.

What Lumi is not

Lumi is not a course, and there are no tutors for hire. It is people talking.

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