Live video practice with fictional AI characters
Have the hard conversation once before it counts.
Describe what’s going on, then talk it through face to face with a fictional character built from your words. Walk in knowing what you want to say.
- 3-minute calls
- Character you can edit
- A fresh start every time
Everyday conversations you could rehearse
- Asking your manager to move a project
- Talking to a roommate about the dishes
- Asking a professor for an extension
- Saying no to a classmate’s favor
- Telling a friend you can’t make it
- Asking for clearer feedback
- Splitting rent more fairly
- Following up after no reply
- Turning down an extra shift
- Asking a teammate to pull their weight
Why practice
Hard conversations get put off. Rehearsal helps.
7 in 10
U.S. full-time employees say they avoid difficult conversations at work.
Bravely, Cost of the Conversation Gap (2019, 500+ employees)
34%
stayed silent for more than a month. 25% waited more than a year.
Crucial Conversations authors’ 2009 study, as reported by Bravely
55.7%
rise in nursing students’ self-efficacy after role-play practice, versus 0.8% after traditional lectures.
BMC Medical Education (2025)
- Starter characters
- 4
- Minutes per call, 5 if you like
- 3
- Call transcripts saved by default
- 0
What you get
A real-feeling first try, on your terms.
A face-to-face call, not a chat box
Talk out loud with a fictional character on a live video call. They listen and answer as you speak, so you practice the pauses too.
Built from your words
Describe the situation. Get an editable character and goal, not a script.
They only know what you share
Drag About-me facts to each saved person. Everything else stays with you.
Show me first
Not ready to talk? Watch a stand-in take the first try, then it’s your turn.
A reflection, if you want one
What you did, in your own words, and one small thing to try next. No scores. Or skip it.
Three-minute calls
Short enough to start today. Five minutes if you want more room.
How it works
Three steps. One short call.
Say what’s going on.
Describe an everyday conversation in your own words. We draft a fictional character and a goal you can edit before you call.
Have a first try.
Talk with the character on a live video call. Three minutes by default, and you can end whenever you need.
Take what helps.
Skip or take a short reflection, and save the person only if you choose to.
Try it
Pick a reply. See where it goes.
A scripted taste of a practice with Alex, a fictional roommate. Flip between before, during, and after the call.
Privacy by default
What stays in your hands
Your notes never reach the character. Calls aren’t saved unless you choose.
Private notes stay private
What you’re nervous about helps you prepare. It never reaches the character.
People know only what you share
A saved person sees just the About-me facts you hand them, one by one.
No transcripts kept by default
Only what you approve is saved. Every practice starts fresh.
Your camera is optional
It’s off until you turn it on, stays a local preview, and the character can’t see it.
Ending really ends it
Hanging up releases your microphone, and your camera if you turned it on.
Your words, ready before you need them.
Sign in with email, describe what’s on your mind, and have your first try.
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