u/FaithlessnessPast217

Hi everyone, last month I built my first Android app. I was ready to publish it on the Google Play Store, but then I found out that new developer accounts need 12 testers for 14 days before they can go live.

I was struggling to find testers, so I built https://12devs.online a free community where developers in the same situation help each other during the testing phase.

I created it to encourage real interaction, because only developers going through the same problem can truly understand how it feels.

So if you’re an Android developer, or you know someone who is, give 12devs a try. It only works if enough developers join and support each other.

I’ve been trying to improve my spoken English by recording myself every day.

The problem is: I kept making the same mistakes, but reviewing the videos didn’t really help because I couldn’t spot patterns.

So I built a small Mac app just for myself.

It lets you:

• record a short video journal
• get feedback on pronunciation and grammar, and hear a corrected version of your speech
• see recurring mistakes over time

One thing I’m experimenting with is detecting patterns (not just single corrections), which is something I personally struggled with.

I’m using it daily, but I genuinely don’t know if this is useful beyond my own use case.
15 languages supported at the moment.

A couple of notes:

• runs locally on your Mac (videos are not uploaded)
• you need your own API keys for the AI part (I added a guide)

If anyone wants to try it:

https://www.tryfreespeech.com/

I’d really appreciate honest feedback:

• is this actually useful?
• is anything confusing or overcomplicated?
• what would make this something you’d use consistently?

Also open source if you’re curious how it works