get your hands on
mandarin pronunciation
with voice blox.
What is Voice Blox?
Voice Blox is the first language-training tool that embodies your pronunciation as a physical form, allowing you to explore your accent with your hands.
Voice Blox deconstructs and tracks your vocal frequencies using 'Fourier' analysis software. The tactile interface embodies your characteristic vocal frequency into a physical shape, enabling you to see and feel exactly how you sound.
The 4 tones of Mandarin:
Who is it for?
The target user of Voice Blox is non-native Mandarin speakers.
The main user groups are school children, the beginners, and the intermediate level Mandarin speakers.
Mandarin is a growing international business language.
Over 100 million foreigners speak Mandarin worldwide and 750,000 new students take the Mandarin proficiency test every year.
By 2015, Mandarin learning students had doubled in the US in just 6 years.
The UK government hopes to have 400,000 students enrolled in Mandarin courses by 2020, with a market of 136 million pounds.