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What it is
Sanako Connect is a browser-based platform for live and self-paced language classes in high schools, colleges, and universities. Teachers can run pair or group discussions, role-plays, speaking assessments, and controlled listening exams, while monitoring groups and collecting recordings. Automatic pronunciation feedback and scoring use speech models for most modern languages. Teachers can turn audio or video into flashcards, vocabulary tests, listening comprehension, and gap-fill activities, and embed YouTube or their own media. Students join with a unique link or QR code without logging in. Shared files must be under 100 MB, including MP3, MP4, PDF, and PPTX examples. Separate US and European Union infrastructure instances keep data within the instance region. Security details include AES-256 storage encryption and HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or greater; Connect is described as FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR compliant. Pricing is on request, with a 12-month minimum and at least 15 concurrent student users. It supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows.
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Sanako Connect is a browser-based language teaching platform for live and self-paced classes, aimed at professional educators in high schools, colleges and universities.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Platforms
- Connect is fully web-based, requires no installation or app download, and works through a modern internet browser; the FAQ says all operating systems are supported.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Security
- The security statement says data at rest is encrypted with AES-256 on MongoDB Atlas and Amazon S3, and connections use HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or greater.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Compliance
- The product page describes Connect as FERPA, COPPA and GDPR compliant.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Support
- Sanako provides Connect documentation, FAQs, user guides, IT department information and a security statement through its Help page.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Headquarters
- Turku, FinlandRead 28 Sep 2026 · sanako.com
- Founded
- 1961Read 28 Sep 2026 · sanako.com
- Assessments
- Teachers can run simultaneous speaking assessments and controlled live speaking and listening exams.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Authoring and materials
- Teachers can create interactive tasks from existing video or audio files and build exercises such as flashcards, vocabulary tests, listening comprehension and gap-fill activities.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Company history
- Sanako says it began in 1961, when its first language laboratory was made under the name Tandberg Educational.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- File limit
- Shared files must be under 100 MB; the FAQ lists MP3, MP4, PDF and PPTX as examples.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Hosting and regions
- Connect runs on separate USA and European Union infrastructure instances, and the security statement says data is not transferred outside the instance's geographic region.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Pronunciation
- The platform provides automatic pronunciation feedback and scoring using speech models in most modern languages.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Speaking practice
- Teachers can set up live pair and group discussions or role-plays, monitor groups and collect recordings for review.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Student access
- Students can join a session by following its unique link or scanning a QR code without logging in.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
- Video integration
- Teachers can embed YouTube videos or use their own audio and video files as study resources.Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
Plans and prices
Sanako Connect subscription Priced on request 12-month minimum; 3- and 5-year contracts are also available Minimum 15 concurrent student users · packages from 15 to unlimited concurrent users · quote required Read 9 Oct 2026 · sanako.com
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Supports live discussions, role-plays, and recordings
- Provides automatic pronunciation scoring
- Builds interactive exercises from audio or video
- Students can join without logging in
- Offers US and EU infrastructure regions
Limits
- Pricing requires a quote
- Subscription has a 12-month minimum
- At least 15 concurrent student users
- Shared files must be under 100 MB
Who it suits
It is aimed at professional language educators in schools and universities running live or self-paced classes. Institutions should account for the 15-user minimum and quote-based pricing.
Verdict
Sanako Connect combines synchronous teaching, self-paced activities, pronunciation feedback, and assessments in a browser platform. Its contract minimum and concurrent-user requirement make institutional planning important.
Where Specifiction places it
- Language Pronunciation Apps#28 of 337.4
