<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/845773E5-B71A-4AC1-83D6-7D0C1E57F584" ns1:id="845773E5-B71A-4AC1-83D6-7D0C1E57F584"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/FBEE3F47-552E-4247-8049-05D5CCB736D0" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/45283F7B-5998-462E-9C34-8EDB2E388D73" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/45283F7B-5998-462E-9C34-8EDB2E388D73" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2024-01-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/CC8DD4B8-F4D6-4B15-B61C-7B4C1395BFFA" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-07-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10063001</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>EduSay™ - developing a digital, audio-visual and kinesthetic English pronunciation training programme for international students and professionals; upskilling communications for education, employability, UK productivity and integration</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>For some 4m+ international students and workers in the UK, communication skills in English are essential for prosperity and wellbeing. Poor English pronunciation is the overwhelming factor in non-native speech being misunderstood, and yet pronunciation skills are not often taught effectively on English language courses.

Prospeech's ground-breaking digital pronunciation training technology makes sound visual, aural and kinesthetic. Research shows that giving learners access to an audio-visual soundwave enables them to achieve significant improvements in speech clarity far more quickly than using traditional methods - up to 20% improved accuracy in just one hour's training.

_&amp;quot;Say It app helps me a lot... After I started using it, my pronunciation improved massively.&amp;quot; Say It user_

_&amp;quot;I've used some other apps, only yours is special. It provides sound wave. I think it's the key.&amp;quot; Say It user_

Designed by expert English Pronunciation teachers and audio-technology specialists, the EduSay English Pronunciation Training Programme builds on the success of our award-winning core technology.(Say It:English Pronunciation app.)

Our mission is to support UK-based international students and professionals, significantly improving English communication skills for:

1. greater academic access and achievement
2. better integration into native-speaker workplaces/society
3. improved employability, equality and greater productivity in the UK economy</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>