Open with "the headline is…" instead of "so basically what we did was…"
+20 XP◆ Mission
Join Zoom
Practice
Q2 Roadmap Review — with Marcus, Alana, David
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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You
LIVE · 12:04
Marcus speaking
12:01"What's your honest read on bandwidth?"OPEN
12:03Marcus paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
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Sotto
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About Us
"
Sotto is a voice companion
designed to carry confidence in the gap between
understanding and speech
— for the moment when fluency falls short of intention.
Tabitha Han
Designer · Researcher
Project
Sotto — Voice Companion
Industry
AI · Communication
Location
San Francisco, USA
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Problem & Solution
Problem
Non-native English speakers freeze in the 1–2 second window between hearing a question and forming a fluent reply — losing turns, ideas, and authority in the room.
Solution
Sotto whispers a phrasing in your ear the moment you need one — preserving your voice, your timing, and the confidence to keep speaking.
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User Research
78%
of non-native English professionals withhold contributions in meetings due to phrasing anxiety.
average window before a meeting turn passes — far shorter than the time it takes to translate, decide, and speak.
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Companion Avatar
One companion. A thousand voices.
Each Sotto companion is calibrated to your origin, role, and register — appearance, voice, and personality tuned for a "caring motive" users perceive as more trustworthy and empathetic than a neutral assistant.
YOUR COMPANION
Yuki · Tokyo
PM · Tech · Direct register
ArjunIN · Eng
MarcoIT · Design
AmaraNG · Exec
SofiaUK · Media
ZaraKE · UX
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AppearanceHalo color & weight tuned to your cultural register.
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VoiceAccent, tempo, breath — calibrated to your origin and pace.
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PersonalityCaring motive — never neutral, never manipulative.
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Live Cues
Real-time phrasing, delivered in your ear.
Sotto listens to the room, marks each opening or pause, and slips a single phrasing into your peripheral view — calibrated to tone, timing, and the cultural register of the speaker.
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You
LIVE · 14:22
Alana speaking
14:18"Where do you see the biggest scope risk?"OPEN
14:21Alana paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
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◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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14:22 · Q2 Roadmap Review
PERIPHERAL · LIVE
Marcus is asking about bandwidth — Sotto surfaces a single phrasing on the rim of view.
Marcus · "honest read on bandwidth?"
SOTTO WHISPERS
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
CC
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✕
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Pre-Meeting Brief
The 60 seconds before you join.
One mission, one phrasing rehearsal, and the room context — drawn from the calendar invite and prior threads, so you walk in already half-fluent in the conversation.
✦
Today's mission
A single behaviour to practice today.
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Phrasing rehearsal
The opener to use, with the one to avoid.
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Streak + XP
Daily mission rolls into your fluency arc.
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Tomorrow at 9:00 — let's prep.
Q2 ROADMAP · 4 PEOPLE · 30 MIN
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CONTEXT · FROM INVITE
Marcus wants risk first
Open with "the biggest risk is timeline" instead of "there are a few things to consider…"
⌗ Glossary · 3◐ Cultural note
Join Zoom
Rehearse
Marcus prefers direct disagreement over polite hedging.
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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Reflect & Grow
The lessons stay. The anxiety doesn't.
Each meeting becomes a star on your fluency map — what you mastered, what's still fading — and a peer card from someone working through the same shape of difficulty.
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GROWTH
Your fluency map
Constellation
+41% confidence
28 phrasings · 6 weeks
masterednewfading
"Lead with the finding" joined the mastered cluster this week. Two phrasings are starting to fade — Sotto will resurface them.
Skills preview
7-DAY
Headline-first78%
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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SKILLS · 7 DAYS
Behaviour metrics
This week
VS. LAST
Headline-first openings+22%
You're starting answers with the finding, not the setup.
Hedging filler−18%
Fewer "kind of," "I guess," "maybe" before claims.
Hold the floor+12%
Pausing instead of yielding when interrupted.
Question-stacking+9%
Watch for asking three questions in one breath.
Peer working through the same shape
Mei · 上海 PM · 4 yrs
+12 nearby
"I dropped 'so basically' as a warm-up — replaced with a single sentence headline."
WORKED+38% confidence in 3 weeks
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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UI Design
A black-canvas surface system with iridescent moments, voice-first hierarchy, and one mission per day — built to read in bright daylight and the dim of a 9 PM call.
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Hi, Daniel — ready for today.
TODAY · 2:30 PM · 45 MIN
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TODAY'S MISSION
Pause, then answer
Try "let me think for a moment" instead of "um, well, I think maybe…"
+15 XP◆ Mission
Join Meet
Practice
Investor sync — with Priya, Tom, Jules
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
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The App
Eight surfaces, one rhythm — every Sotto screen you'll touch in a day, from onboarding through the morning brief to live cues and weekly fluency.
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STEP 1 OF 2
Where does your English carry from?
JPJapan✓
INIndia
CNChina
NGNigeria
KRSouth Korea
Continue
01 · Onboarding · Origin
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STEP 2 OF 2
Which room do you speak in most?
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Tech & Product
Roadmaps, retros, stand-ups, exec reviews — direct register, headline-first openings.
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Healthcare
Rounds, handoffs, family conversations — careful register, hedged language.
Start listening
02 · Onboarding · Vertical
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Hi, Yuki — ready for today.
TODAY · 9:00 AM · 30 MIN
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TODAY'S MISSION
Lead with the finding
Open with "the headline is…" instead of "so basically what we did was…"
+20 XP◆ Mission
Join Zoom
Practice
Q2 Roadmap Review — with Marcus, Alana, David
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
03 · Brief · Yuki
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Hi, Daniel — investor sync at 11.
TODAY · 11:00 AM · 25 MIN
✦
TODAY'S MISSION
Pause, then answer
Take one breath before replying. "Let me think for a moment."
+20 XP◆ Mission
Join Zoom
Practice
Series B sync — with Sasha, Ravi, Lena
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
04 · Brief · Daniel
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You
LIVE · 12:04
Marcus speaking
12:01"What's your honest read on bandwidth?"OPEN
12:03Marcus paused — your turn coming up.CUE
SOTTO LISTENING
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
Next ▸
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
05 · Live · In-meeting cues
9:41●●●●
14:22 · Q2 Roadmap Review
PERIPHERAL · LIVE
Marcus is asking about bandwidth — Sotto surfaces a single phrasing on the rim of view.
Marcus · "honest read on bandwidth?"
SOTTO WHISPERS
"Honestly, we're stretched. Let me show the trade-offs."
CC
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✕
06 · Peripheral · AR Whisper
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GROWTH
Your fluency map
Constellation
+41% confidence
28 phrasings · 6 weeks
masterednewfading
"Lead with the finding" joined the mastered cluster this week.
Skills preview
7-DAY
Headline-first78%
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
07 · Debrief · Constellation
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SKILLS · 7 DAYS
Behaviour metrics
This week
VS. LAST
Headline-first openings+22%
You're starting answers with the finding, not the setup.
Hedging filler−18%
Fewer "kind of," "I guess," "maybe" before claims.
Hold the floor+12%
Pausing instead of yielding when interrupted.
Question-stacking+9%
Watch for asking three questions in one breath.
◆Brief
●Live
✦Debrief
08 · Debrief · Skills
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Set your context
Two questions, one minute.
Sotto asks where you're from and what room you mostly speak in — so the first phrasing already feels like yours, not a translation. Two taps, then it's listening.
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STEP 1 OF 2
Where does your English carry from?
JPJapan✓
INIndia
CNChina
NGNigeria
KRSouth Korea
Continue
9:41●●●●
STEP 2 OF 2
Which room do you speak in most?
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Tech & Product
Roadmaps, retros, stand-ups, exec reviews — direct register, headline-first openings.