Duolingo Max (Roleplay)

by Duolingo

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Duolingo's premium tier with AI Roleplay voice conversations and Explain My Answer.

iOS, Android, Web  ·  subscription

TL;DR

Best for language learners who want unscripted speaking practice with an AI that listens and responds. Pricing: subscription.

Category
Products
Pricing
subscription
Platforms
iOS, Android, Web

What it is

Duolingo Max bundles GPT-4-class features into Duolingo: Roleplay lets learners hold an open-ended spoken conversation with an AI character; Explain My Answer turns mistakes into a short tutor session. Both rely on real-time STT + TTS.

Best for: Language learners who want unscripted speaking practice with an AI that listens and responds.
Watch out for: Coverage of Roleplay scenarios varies per language; Max is the top Duolingo tier.

What people actually do with Duolingo Max (Roleplay)-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Duolingo Max (Roleplay) vs Whipscribe

FeatureDuolingo Max (Roleplay)Whipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsiOS, Android, WebWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Duolingo Max (Roleplay)

How much does Duolingo Max (Roleplay) cost?

Duolingo Max (Roleplay) is a paid product. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Duolingo Max (Roleplay) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Duolingo Max (Roleplay) runs on iOS, Android and Web.

How do I get started with Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

There is nothing to install — Duolingo Max (Roleplay) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

Coverage of Roleplay scenarios varies per language; Max is the top Duolingo tier.

Who is Duolingo Max (Roleplay) best for?

Language learners who want unscripted speaking practice with an AI that listens and responds.

Is Duolingo Max (Roleplay) open source?

No. Duolingo Max (Roleplay) is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

What kind of tool is Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

In this directory Duolingo Max (Roleplay) is filed under ai tutor as a product.

What are the alternatives to Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/duolingo-max-alternatives comparing Duolingo Max (Roleplay) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Duolingo Max (Roleplay)-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

Duolingo Max (Roleplay) is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Duolingo Max (Roleplay)?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Duolingo Max (Roleplay) category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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