Watch it restate
A real conversation, restated at A2.
Lex Fridman talks with mathematician Terence Tao. Restate listens in the browser and says each sentence again in A2 English, in their own voices. This screen recording shows it exactly as it played.
Original: Lex Fridman Podcast #472 with Terence Tao · 17:52–21:06
What it does
Hears hard English, live.
Podcasts · videos · conversations
More languages on the way
Says it again, simpler.
Adjust the difficulty mid-listen
Live captions follow along
Keeps the speaker's own voice.
The podcast keeps its hosts
The lecture keeps its lecturer
Stays out of the way.
In your browser first
Phone app coming
Who it's for
For everyone between the classroom and the real thing.
Learners · Newcomers · Teachers · Creators · Schools
You can hold a conversation, but so much of the language still sits above your level: the podcast everyone quotes, the series you watch with subtitles, the lecture that loses you by minute two, the appointment where the clerk talks like a form. Restate keeps you listening: same episode, same voices, simpler words and sentences. Your teachers, creators, and schools get it first.
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At a glance
Specifics.
~3.5 s
Audio in, simpler audio out
Same voice
Each speaker keeps their own
Easier ↔ Harder
Adjust mid-listen
Patent pending
PCT/IB2026/057029 · the parts that matter
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