exist Startup Grant: „Langcraft“
At a glance
Project duration
08/2026
– 07/2027
DFG classification of subject areas
Humanities and Social Sciences
Funded by
BMWE: EXIST
Project description
Langcraft is a deep-learning-based pronunciation diagnostics API for language-learning platforms, assessment providers and educational institutions. The project addresses a gap in spoken-language learning: current pronunciation tools often provide generic scores or transcription-based feedback without explaining what changed in the speech signal or how learners can improve. Langcraft instead analyzes learner and accented speech through interpretable acoustic and articulatory features, helping convert time-aligned diagnostics into precise, actionable feedback.
Participating institutions
Department of German Studies and Linguistics
Address
Dorotheenstraße 24, 10117 BerlinGeneral contactTel.: +49 30 2093-85100