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Real-Time AI Simplification (A2, B1, B2) of BBC World News Live

A product called Restate re-speaks every sentence of live audio, including BBC World News broadcasts, at a listener-selected proficiency level (A2, B1, or B2) a few seconds behind the speaker with captions alongside, and allows the level to be switched mid-listen back to the original. Restate works in the browser first on podcasts, videos, lectures and conversations, with a phone app in development, and is English-only for now with more languages planned; the company states a patent is pending under PCT/IB2026/057029. A separate product, Interpret Cloud, handles live interpretation when the problem is another language entirely.

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Real-Time AI Simplification (A2, B1, B2) of BBC World News Live
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In short

How it works

Every sentence said again at your level, just a few seconds behind the speaker, with captions alongside. Switch the level mid-listen: easier, harder, or the original.

Who it's for

You can hold a conversation, but so much of the language still sits above your level: the podcast everyone quotes, the series you watch with subtitles, the lecture that loses you by minute two, the appointment where the clerk talks like a form. Restate keeps you listening: same episode, same voices, simpler words and sentences.

If the problem is another language entirely, Interpret Cloud is the live interpreter. Learners · Newcomers · Teachers · Creators · Schools

Where it works

Podcasts, videos, lectures, and conversations: in the browser first, alongside whatever is playing. A phone app is on the way.

Status

English first, more languages on the way. Patent pending, PCT/IB2026/057029.

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