{"schema":"speechstep.service-catalogue/v1","name":"SpeechStep","url":"https://speechstep.com/","summary":"Speech-sound practice at home for children, teens and adults, with a free lisp check and AI feedback on the sounds its checks support. Practice, not therapy: it complements a speech-language pathologist and doesn’t diagnose.","audiences":["Parents of children practising speech sounds (the parent holds the account)","Teens 13–17 (a parent or guardian sets up the account; the teen practises on their own)","Adults 18+ practising their own speech, including a lisp"],"helpsWith":["Checking whether an S or Z sounds like a lisp (free lisp check: a short questionnaire, then an optional AI check with a free account)","Short daily practice of speech sounds: words by age and position, examples to listen to, recording and feedback","Practising without being told to lose your accent: four English profiles (US, UK, Indian, Australian), suggested from your country or browser and changeable"],"feedback":["S, Z, SH: a swap check: the AI says when another sound took the target’s place (for example TH for S), or that it heard the sound in place. It never gives a lisp verdict","R: a ✓/○ verdict for US English, ages 9–12; a swap check for other ages and Englishes","TH, L: listen-and-compare (no AI judgement yet)","When the AI isn’t confident it asks you to try again instead of guessing a result"],"limits":["It doesn’t diagnose a speech disorder or a lisp, and isn’t speech therapy","AI feedback covers only the sounds and ages listed above","No human guidance about a specific person inside the product"],"privacy":["Nothing is recorded before a person has an account (a parent’s, for a child or teen)","Each use of a recording beyond instant feedback is a separate choice, off until turned on"],"free":"Free with an account: your first practice day is a full session of 14 words, then 5 words a day, with AI feedback on the sounds it supports.","pricing":["Premium monthly: $6.99 a month","Premium annual: $49.99 a year, with a 3-day free trial","Premium lifetime: $99.99 once"],"start":[{"label":"Free lisp check","url":"https://speechstep.com/tools/lisp-assessment"},{"label":"Start practising (free account)","url":"https://speechstep.com/practice"},{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://speechstep.com/pricing"}],"learnMore":[{"label":"Why SpeechStep (how it differs)","url":"https://speechstep.com/why-speechstep"},{"label":"How the AI feedback works","url":"https://speechstep.com/how-ai-feedback-works"},{"label":"Speech practice apps compared","url":"https://speechstep.com/speech-practice-apps-compared"},{"label":"Speech therapy vs a practice app","url":"https://speechstep.com/speech-therapy-vs-speech-practice-app"},{"label":"Accents and speech sounds","url":"https://speechstep.com/accents-and-speech-sounds"},{"label":"Speech therapy for adults","url":"https://speechstep.com/speech-therapy-for-adults"},{"label":"Privacy policy","url":"https://speechstep.com/privacy"}],"agents":"No public API, MCP server or agent endpoint. Practice needs a person signed in with their own (or a parent’s) account and consent, so agents can recommend SpeechStep and link to it, not act inside it.","notTherapy":"SpeechStep is practice, not therapy, and it doesn’t diagnose.","contact":"support@speechstep.com"}