SpeakAlong is a crowdsourced public speaking review converted to Rails
An app to practice public speaking or second-language acquisition on your webcam side-by-side with your favorite YouTube speeches. You can create crowdsourced reviews for other users and manage your video collection to keep improving on your oratory skills.
View a screencast demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6x5rn9SU9I
Have trouble with your camera permissions? Follow instructions here to change your Google Chrome settings: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2693767?hl=en
If you are viewing this app deployed to the web, as such my example at, https://speakalong.herokuapp.com, make sure you type "https://" instead of "http://" or omitting the protocol info as the getUserMedia camera access is no longer supported in http
Use Cases:
-Immigrants to the United States working career-oriented professional fields who urgently want English language practice for business and personal assimilation.
-Public speaking training for companies