Say real lines out loud and play yours back next to them. For people who grew up hearing Urdu and want to answer in it.
Before launch
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We will email you at when Qissa launches.
Why this exists
The words are in there somewhere, under years of answering in English. Most apps hand you a cartoon owl and teach you that the cat drinks milk. Your problem is a phone call you keep cutting short because you run out of Urdu three sentences in.
Qissa starts from that call. You practice the things you would actually say, out loud, then play yours back next to the line and judge it yourself. Your accent is welcome here.
بولو
Bol
Say it out loud, play it back next to the line, and decide for yourself.
سنو
Suno
Urdu at the speed your family speaks it.
قصہ
Qissa
Where each word comes from, and the poem it turns up in.
پڑھو
Parho
Nastaliq, when you're curious. Every lesson works without it.
Speak first
Say it, play yours back right after the line, and judge it yourself, as many times as you like. Switch on the words check and it also tells you which words it heard. If it misses one you said, one tap says so.
Story & history
You have two grandmothers, and Urdu gives each of them her own word. Qissa tells you why, and where the word came from before it reached your family. Knowing the story is what makes the word stay.
Silsila · the chain
Silsila means a chain, an unbroken line. Each day there is one word to meet and a short session built around it, and Qissa counts the words you have met. Miss a day and nothing nags you.
No. Every core lesson works in roman letters, the way you would text it. The script is there when you get curious, and it is never a gate.
You are who it was built for. Qissa skips the beginner picture cards and starts with things you would say on a call with family, out loud, from the first session.
You do. You play yours back next to the line and judge it. If you switch on the words check, it also tells you which words it heard, and if it misses one you know you said, one tap says so and the attempt counts.
The microphone is on only while you hold the record button, and your take stays on your phone so you can play it back. If you switch on the words check, a take goes to our server, which checks which words it heard and then deletes it. No audio is kept. That switch is off until you turn it on. The privacy policy has the full detail.
No. Qissa is Urdu only, in the Persian and Arabic register your family speaks.
It starts with a free trial. Plans and prices are shown in the app before you pay anything, billing goes through Apple, and you can cancel in your iPhone settings.
Start the chain
Be ready for the next call. Start with a free trial and say the first word out loud today.
Contact
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