Saga is a seal pup in a red scarf with white stripes and an AI speaking partner in the Belong Austria app, on iPhone and Android. You start a call, you speak German and she answers in her own voice. After every call she tells you in English what went well, what to fix and which words to keep.
Belong Austria Speak is in the Belong Austria app on iPhone and Android.
Every call is an everyday conversation: home, work, family, food, the weather, shopping, the doctor, the neighbours, an appointment at the Magistrat or the Bezirkshauptmannschaft, looking for a flat, plans for the weekend. Belong Austria Speak has no test rehearsal and no presentation mode, on purpose.
Austrian citizenship asks for German at B1, usually shown with a recognised language certificate. Saga does not give one. She is not connected to the ÖIF Integrationsprüfung or the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung and does not rehearse either. What she gives you is time speaking German, at your own level, whenever you like.
When the call ends, Saga writes you a short debrief in English: what went well, each thing to fix with the better sentence, the new words worth keeping and one idea for next time. The corrected sentences and the new words stay in German, as it is written in Austria.
She also keeps a short note of what you talked about, how comfortable you seemed and the one or two mistakes that keep coming back, so your next call picks up where you left off.
During a call your voice goes from your phone straight to Google's Gemini, which listens and speaks Saga's replies. It does not pass through any server of ours, and we never receive or store any audio.
After the call, Anthropic's Claude writes your debrief and Saga's note. Our server does not keep the transcript. The note is at most 500 characters and is kept on our server in the EU. Forget what Saga remembers, on the You tab, deletes it, and everything is deleted once a year has passed without a call.
The full details are in the privacy policy at privacy.belongaustria.app.
No. Saga is an AI speaking partner. If you ask her, she says so.
No. Belong Austria Speak is everyday conversation only. It is not connected to any test and does not rehearse one. For the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung, Belong Austria has practice questions. German at B1 is usually shown with a recognised language certificate.
The one closest to how you speak today. A2 is short, simple sentences, spoken slowly. B1 is everyday talk a little slower than a native speaker. B2 is a natural, calm pace.
Yes. She speaks standard German as it is spoken in Austria and uses everyday Austrian words like Jänner, Semmel and Paradeiser. She never speaks dialect.
English. The Belong Austria app is in English, so Saga explains everything in English. The corrected sentences and the new words stay in German.
No. Your voice goes from your phone to Google's Gemini for the live conversation, and we never receive or store any audio. A short written note of at most 500 characters is kept so Saga remembers you.
Yes. Belong Austria Speak is in the iPhone app and the Android app.
17,99 € a month in Austria, with 3 days free for new subscribers. It is separate from the yearly Belong Austria plan.
Belong Austria tracks your road to Austrian citizenship. Saga helps you speak German on the way.
Belong Austria Speak: 17,99 € a month, with 3 days free for new subscribers. On iPhone and Android.