YouGlish

Spec sheet

What it does

YouGlish searches real-world YouTube videos so users can hear words and phrases spoken in context by different speakers and accents.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Purpose

YouGlish lets users search words or phrases and hear them in real-world YouTube videos across accents and situations.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Security

The privacy policy says data sent to and from YouGlish is protected using HTTPS encryption and describes technical and organizational safeguards.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Support

YouGlish directs users to send feedback, suggestions, or complaints to [email protected].Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Account deletion

Users can delete a YouGlish account from settings, after which the stored account data is described as instantly and permanently deleted.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Android developer identity

Google Play identifies the developer as Dan Haim Bellahsen and gives an address in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

API browser requirement

Embedded API pages require a browser supporting HTML5 postMessage and must define onYouglishAPIReady.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

API commercial terms

Commercial use, mobile-app use and traffic above one million daily impressions require contacting YouGlish for permission or additional terms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

API customization

Widget options include dimensions, autoplay, component selection, colors, caption size, restricted mode, video quality and title formatting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

API languages and accents

The widget API accepts the listed supported languages and accent codes including US, UK, Australian, Canadian, Irish, Scottish and New Zealand English.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

API options

The API offering includes an embeddable website widget, a JavaScript API, and REST web services for backend access.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

API scraping restriction

The terms prohibit scraping, crawling or otherwise accessing YouGlish content outside the official APIs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Billing

Subscriptions are not renewed automatically, and the terms say fees are in euros unless stated otherwise.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Billing limitation

The subscription page says payment information is not saved and subscriptions therefore do not renew automatically.Read 15 Oct 2026 · subscribe.youglish.com

Chrome extension availability

The independent extension listing describes YouGlish Lookup as a free, offline-unavailable Chrome productivity extension by Tu Tran.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crx4chrome.com

Company first use

The trademark record gives January 10, 2016 as the first use date anywhere and in commerce.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trademarks.justia.com

Company owner

A USPTO trademark record lists Bellahsen, Dan as the registered YOUGLISH owner and an individual legal entity.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trademarks.justia.com

Content-owner takedown

YouGlish says content owners can request removal by email and that the content will be removed the same day.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Copyright and licence

The terms state that YouGlish materials are copyrighted, restrict copying and commercial use, and grant only conditional personal non-commercial permission; no open-source licence is stated.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Data location

The privacy terms say infrastructure may use servers in the United States and other jurisdictions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Data rights

The privacy terms describe access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and consent-withdrawal rights, with responses targeted within 30 days.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Developer restrictions

Commercial use and use in mobile apps require contacting YouGlish for explicit permission.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Embedded widget

The JavaScript API embeds a YouGlish widget in a webpage and exposes playback, navigation, speed, caption and event controls.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Gender selector

Searches can be filtered for male or female pronunciations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Google Play app scope

The Android listing says the app supports 19 languages and includes dictionaries, translators, phonetic transcription, saved tracks and words, playback-speed controls, recording and progress tracking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Google Play data safety

The Android listing declares no third-party data sharing, possible collection of personal and app-performance data, encryption in transit and a user deletion request option.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Language coverage

YouGlish lists support for 25 languages, including Sign Languages.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Languages

The service lists Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and sign languages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Limit: advertising

A Google Play reviewer called the ads annoying and asked whether a paid subscription could remove them.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Limit: Android accent persistence

A Google Play reviewer complained that the app asks for an accent again each time it is opened instead of saving the choice.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Notable launch history

An academic review records that the service began as YouPronounce in February 2015 and was renamed YouGlish in January 2016 by Dan Barhen, a Paris software engineer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · researchgate.net

Payment processor

Payments are processed using Stripe, which the terms identify as a third-party payment processor.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Phrase-form search

Queries support interrogative and exclamative phrase selectors.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Praise: contextual pronunciation

The academic review praises access to natural speech from varied video genres and automatic playback at the relevant point in each clip.Read 15 Oct 2026 · researchgate.net

Praise: educational usefulness

An academic website review describes YouGlish as free, user-friendly, rich in content and promising for pronunciation improvement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · researchgate.net

Praise: fine-tuning words

A Hacker News discussion describes YouGlish as invaluable for checking and fine-tuning pronunciation of difficult words and names.Read 15 Oct 2026 · brianlovin.com

Pricing limitation

The subscription page counts only searches made with the Say it button toward the daily quota; moving through videos with next does not consume quota.Read 15 Oct 2026 · subscribe.youglish.com

Privacy data

The privacy policy lists technical and behavioral information collected during site use, including operating system, browser, IP address, pages visited, and access times.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Pronunciation selectors

Searches can be narrowed by word class, phrase form, topic hashtag, speaker gender, or combinations of these selectors.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Randomized results

The :r selector generates a randomized search result.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Rating on Chrome extension listing

4.2 out of 5 from 5 usersRead 15 Oct 2026 · crx4chrome.com

Rating on Google Play

4.1 out of 5 from 800 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Search quota

Daily Search Requests count each time a user presses the search button, while browsing videos with the next button does not affect the counter.Read 5 Oct 2026 · subscribe.youglish.com

Security statement

YouGlish says transmitted data is protected with HTTPS and that it uses technical and organizational safeguards against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alteration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Service disclaimer

The terms reserve the right to change or stop services or features without prior notice and provide the site as-is without warranties.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Support channel

The terms direct customer-service communication through email.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Topic selector

Hashtags let users target contexts such as programming, travel or a named speaker or channel.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Underlying video service

YouGlish says it uses YouTube API Services to gather content and play videos.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Widget controls

The widget can be customized with options including captions, playback speed, restricted mode, appearance, and dictionary support.Read 5 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Word-class search

English searches can be narrowed to noun, verb, adjective or adverb forms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

YouTube integration

YouGlish uses YouTube API Services to gather content and play videos, and its terms require users to follow YouTube terms and Google privacy rules.Read 15 Oct 2026 · youglish.com

Plans and prices

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