01あ
SOUND → SHAPE → FLOW
Hiragana
Build instant sound-to-symbol and symbol-to-sound recall, then carry it into short words, small っ, long timing, and mixed reading.
HearRecallFlow
ACTIVEVISIONAloud learning family
HIRAGANA · KATAKANA · PITCH
Kana Aloud.
Hear it. Say it. Read it.
Learn Japanese sounds through listening and reading choices, short rounds and spaced review. Add private voice coaching when you want to practice speaking.
Independent iPhone app · App Store release pending · Companion to Kanji Aloud
Free introduction and an optional 3-day Trial. Full access is a one-time US$0.99 purchase or your local App Store price. No automatic charge. Trial and purchase details
LISTENWhich sound?
READING PRACTICEあ · アListen, choose and return
THREE TRAINING PATHS
Build the ear before the kanji.
Each path trains a different foundation, but all three share one rule: progress follows a response. Listening, speaking, choosing, and retrying are the lesson.
02ア
RECOGNIZE → CONTRAST → READ
Katakana
Train the script through active contrasts, loanword rhythm, ー, small vowels, extended sounds, and difficult pairs such as シ / ツ and ソ / ン.
HearRecallFlow
03↘
NOTICE → COMPARE → PRACTICE
Pitch Ear
Learn to hear voice height, locate a pitch drop and compare patterns. Optional voice imitation gives coaching while listening choices guide progress.
EarVoiceTransfer
THE ACTIVE LOOP
No lesson completes itself.
Kana Aloud moves forward only after the learner does something with the sound. A correction becomes another attempt, not a red mark and a forgotten answer.
あPROMPT
→YOUR CHOICE
→✓FEEDBACK
- 01
Challenge
Hear a sound, see a symbol, or listen for a pitch relationship. Every lesson begins with a decision or response.
- 02
Respond
Choose a kana or reading. Add optional voice comparison whenever you want to practice speaking.
- 03
Correct
Get immediate sound and visual feedback, then make a supported retry while the target is still in working memory.
- 04
Return
Missed and slow items return sooner. Reliable responses reappear later and in mixed challenges.
- 05
Unlock
Pass an active unit gate to open the next sound family. Mastery grows across days, not from one lucky answer.
PITCH EAR · TOKYO JAPANESE
Make voice height something you can feel.
Pitch Ear begins with active listening—not a long explanation and not immediate microphone judgment. Learners distinguish high and low relationships, find the drop, follow a clearly labeled guide contour, and then transfer that awareness to new words.
- 1 Separate pitch height from stress, loudness, and musical note names.
- 2 Hear and choose between controlled contour contrasts.
- 3 Compare a target contour with your recorded attempt.
- 4 Practice words with a following particle to expose the relevant drop.
Audio: Word-pronunciation playback and synthetic high/low guide tones are presented separately. The guide contour is a training aid, not a human-reviewed lexical pitch recording.
Scope: Kana Aloud teaches a Tokyo Japanese reference model. Japanese has regional accent systems; a different regional pattern is not “bad Japanese.”
あめは
TARGET YOUR VOICE
FROM FIRST SOUND TO AUTOMATIC RECALL
A path built for transfer.
Hear the difference
Build a clean sound category before the app asks you to reproduce it.
Connect sound and shape
Recall in both directions until kana recognition no longer needs translation through romaji.
Practice your voice
Optionally record a sound and compare it with the reference. Apple’s transcript is a coaching aid, not a pronunciation grade.
Return and remember
Revisit earlier material through spaced review alongside a few new items, with a clear finish to each round.
Ready for Kanji Aloud
Continue into spoken kanji recall after kana and sound awareness stop consuming all of your attention.
Meet Kanji Aloud →PRACTICE, NOT PROFILING
Local and on-device by design.
Progress stays local.
The first release does not require a Kana Aloud account or share learning state with Kanji Aloud.
Speech stays outside ActiveVision.
Supported devices use Apple’s on-device Japanese speech recognition; touch practice remains available when spoken recognition is unavailable.
Selected reference audio is prepared in advance.
VOICEVOX Nemo does not run on the phone or receive learner audio.
KANA ALOUD
Hear it. Say it. Read it.
Hiragana, katakana, and pitch awareness in one active Japanese sound foundation.