Talk with Bruce
AI chatbot to practise Australian English
Talk with Bruce is the AI chat in the Aussie Talk iPhone app. Bruce is a cheeky larrikin. A larrikin is a mischievous joker. You get 3 free chats a day.
You can speak or type. Bruce replies in Australian English slang, so you can practise the words you will actually hear.
Chat with Bruce on iPhone.
3 free chats a day. Premium from A$14.99 a month in Australia, local currency elsewhere.
Who Bruce is
Bruce is a larrikin from Tamworth, NSW, the country music capital of Australia. On this site he has worked the mines in Kalgoorlie, driven road trains through Humpty Doo, and lives with his blue heeler Buster. Ask him something. He answers like a mate, not like a textbook.
You can speak or type in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and more. Bruce replies in Australian English slang.
3 free chats a day
The app is free to download. Talk with Bruce includes 3 free chats a day. Premium includes unlimited chats with Bruce. Fair-use limits stop abuse, and normal use does not reach them. Lifetime Learning unlocks Learn and the slang dictionary. It does not include unlimited chats. The number of those chats is shown in the app.
You can also try a chat with Bruce in the browser on the website chat page. The 3 free chats a day are in the iPhone app.
Chat is one part of the app
Learn has 6 stages, 46 lessons and 312 real Australian voice recordings. Those lesson recordings are never text to speech. Talk with Bruce is the AI chat. It is separate from those recordings.
The app also has Translate, with a free Slang of the day, and a sport card game. The full list is on the Australian English app page.
If a word in the chat is new, look it up in the Aussie slang glossary. Arvo means afternoon. Hear the recording there. For the accent itself, start with how to understand the Aussie accent.
What it costs
- The iPhone app is free to download. Talk with Bruce includes 3 free chats a day.
- Premium from A$14.99 a month in Australia, local currency elsewhere.
- Annual is A$39.99 with a 7-day trial for eligible new subscribers.
- Lifetime Learning is A$24.99. It unlocks Learn and the slang dictionary. It does not include unlimited chats with Bruce. The number of those chats is shown in the app.
- Premium includes unlimited chats with Bruce. Fair-use limits stop abuse. Normal use does not reach them.
The price is shown in the app before you buy, in your App Store currency.
Questions about Bruce
Is there an AI chatbot to practise Australian English?
Yes. Talk with Bruce is the AI chat in the Aussie Talk iPhone app. Bruce is a cheeky larrikin, a mischievous joker, from Tamworth, NSW. You get 3 free chats a day.
How many free chats do I get with Bruce?
Talk with Bruce includes 3 free chats a day. Premium includes unlimited chats with Bruce, with fair-use limits that stop abuse. Normal use does not reach them. Lifetime Learning does not include unlimited chats. The number of those chats is shown in the app.
Can I chat with Bruce in another language?
You can speak or type to Bruce in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and more. Bruce replies in Australian English slang.
Is Bruce the same as the lesson recordings?
No. Learn has 312 real Australian voice recordings, and those lesson recordings are never text to speech. Talk with Bruce is a separate AI chat for practice.