YouTube is your textbook.
Kaita is your teacher.
“Kaita” is Kyrgyz for “again”.
Pick any video in Chinese, English or Russian — a lecture, the news, your favourite vlogger. Kaita turns it into a lesson: it repeats with you phrase by phrase, listens to how you speak, gently corrects you and won’t let you forget new words. Patient like a teacher. Persistent like a mom.
You’re watching videos anyway. Let them finally teach you to speak.
- Pick a video
- Repeat after the speaker
- Kaita scores you and remembers for you
Coming soon: Kaita is under review in the Chrome Web Store.
For Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on desktop. Your first sessions need no sign-up.
这是第二十五课。
This is lesson twenty-five.
You said
这是第二十五课。
86 of 100
Nice: 6 of 7 characters matched. 课 kè is fourth tone — keep it short and falling.
Four modes in one panel
You train on real native speech — lectures, news, interviews, dramas — instead of textbook dialogues. Switch modes with the same tabs the panel uses.
Watch: captions that follow the video
Captions scroll in sync with the video and the current phrase is highlighted. Star any line to come back to it later.
- 0:05今天我们学习一些中文。Today we’ll learn a little Chinese.
- 0:08这是第二十五课。This is lesson twenty-five.★
- 0:11我们先听一听，然后跟着读。First we listen, then we repeat.
Shadowing (跟读)
The phrase plays, the video pauses and the mic opens automatically. Repeat after the speaker and Kaita shows which characters matched, gives a 0–100 score and a gentle pronunciation tip: tones, zh/z, an/ang and other common slips.
Consecutive interpreting
Hear a phrase, say your translation aloud, compare it with the reference and rate how hard it was.
Simultaneous interpreting (同声传译)
The video keeps playing while you interpret. Afterwards you get an “original | your version | reference” table and a coverage score.
Library and review
Saved phrases, video history, attempts and interpreting sessions live on one Library page: search, spaced review, daily stats, CSV and JSON export. “AI analysis” builds a ready-made prompt from your mistakes that you can paste into any AI chat. Kaita itself sends nothing anywhere.
Who it’s for
Mandarin learners
From HSK 2–3 to advanced: listening, tones and fluency.
Interpreting students and interpreters
A daily consecutive and simultaneous warm-up on authentic material.
Chinese speakers learning Russian
It works both ways, Chinese ↔ Russian, and English is supported too.
Get started
Install Kaita
From the Chrome Web Store, in Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
Open a YouTube video
One with Chinese or Russian captions.
Click the Kaita icon or press Alt+E
The panel opens next to the video.
Allow the microphone
On the first recording the browser asks for mic access for www.youtube.com: recording happens on the video page.
Coming soon: Kaita is under review in the Chrome Web Store.
Your voice stays on your computer
- On-device recognition
- The built-in engine is the open Whisper model running in your browser. It downloads once (about 80 MB); after that recognition works offline.
- Minimal data
- No ads or trackers. Phrases, scores and settings stay in your browser; your account holds only your email, practice statistics and the cards you sync. Delete it in one click.
- Your choice in Chrome
- Edge always uses Whisper. In Chrome, “Auto” uses Chrome’s own speech recognition (a Google service); pick “Кайта · Whisper” in settings to keep your voice on your device.
Questions
Is it free?
For now, yes — every feature is free. Paid advanced features may come later — we’ll announce them in advance.
Which videos work?
Any YouTube video with captions — Chinese, Russian or English. Without captions Kaita has nothing to compare your speech with.
Where does my voice go?
The built-in “Кайта · Whisper” engine recognises speech on your computer: your voice, recordings and recognised text are never sent to our server. The exception is Chrome’s “Auto” or “Browser” setting, where Google’s service does the recognition. See the privacy policy.
Does it work in Microsoft Edge?
Yes. Open Kaita’s Chrome Web Store page in Edge and allow extensions from other stores — here’s how.
Can I use it on my phone?
No. Extensions run in desktop Chrome and Edge (Windows, macOS, Linux).
What language is the interface in?
Russian for now. More interface languages are in progress.
Do I need to sign up?
Not to try it: the first 3 practice sessions (or 2 days) need no account. After that you need a free email account — no password, we email you a code. The account keeps your progress and cards on all your computers and helps us improve Kaita. You can delete it in the extension settings.
How do I keep my progress?
Sign in — your practice statistics and cards are saved to your account. Phrases and video history live in your browser: before moving to another computer you can export to JSON on the Library page and import it later.