PEN TEST
Mara Reyes
VP Procurement · enterprise buyer
cold outreachobjection handling
Difficulty
4/5
Nothing to type
Say it out loud before you have to.
Put on headphones. Pick a persona. Talk like it's real — they'll listen, interrupt, and answer in voice. yapwave is an AI roleplay coach built entirely around your mic.
12,400+ voice sessions this week · avg. 7 min spoken
Live call · Mara Reyes
VP Procurement · skeptical, time-pressed
MR
Mara Reyes
speaking · 82 wpm
YOU
You
mic live · -18 dB
◉ Live transcriptREC
◉ coachYou reframed from pitch to problem — nice. Drop your pace 10%; she's leaning in. Anchor a number before she asks.
01 · Categories
What conversation are you preparing for?
Start with the kind of moment you have coming up. Each category has dedicated personas, scenarios, and coaching patterns.
Relationships
The talk you've been rehearsing in your head.
→Family
The 10-year-overdue conversation with mom.
→Career
Interviews, raises, the resignation talk.
→Parenting
Toddler meltdowns to teenager silence.
→Friendship
Apologies, drift, the money you're owed.
→Conflict
De-escalate before it gets ugly.
→Life
The pizza order. The return. The everyday awkward.
→02 · Personas
Example voices designed to push back.
Categories get you to the right room. Personas make it feel real: a mood, a backstory, pet peeves, and memory of your last session.
1:1
Devon Park
Your direct report · underperforming
tough feedbackmanagement
Difficulty
3/5
DATE
Jules Ortega
First-date match · a little guarded
small talkchemistry
Difficulty
2/5
OFFER
Rhea Okafor
Hiring manager · $180k offer on the table
salary negotiationcomp
Difficulty
5/5
INTERVIEW
Ivan Kowalski
Panel interviewer · behavioral round
STAR storiesfollow-ups
Difficulty
4/5
CONFLICT
Sam Whitfield
Your partner · recurring argument
relationshipsde-escalation
Difficulty
4/5
PITCH
Priya Sethi
Seed VC · 10 minutes, no deck
fundraisingstorytelling
Difficulty
5/5
Build your own
Upload a JD, paste a bio, or describe in plain English. We'll take it from there.
03 · How it works
Three taps. Then you're on the call.
No scripts to memorize. Pick a scenario, tap the phone icon, and start talking. yapwave does the rest.
STEP 01
Pick a scenario
Choose from 200+ prebuilt situations or describe one in a sentence — “convince my landlord to lower rent $200.”
Sell the pen· ↑3 this wk✓
Ask for a raise
End a friendship
Cold outbound to a CTO
STEP 02
Tune the persona
Dial the other side's mood, seniority, skepticism, and backstory. Or roll the dice — surprise yourself.
SkepticismHigh
WarmthLow
Time pressure4 min
STEP 03
Answer the call
Tap once. Your persona's phone rings — literally. You pick up, they start speaking, and you respond out loud.
Pace (wpm)
132
Assertiveness
64
Warmth of tone
91
Fillers ("um")
7
04 · What's under the hood
Built for the awkward silence.
Pure voice — no chat window, no text fallback. Every feature is tuned for the way real conversations actually sound.
◉ real-time voice
Sub-300ms back-and-forth. Interruptions, pauses, laughter.
Personas cut you off mid-sentence, go quiet when they're thinking, and laugh when something lands. No stilted turn-taking, no push-to-talk. Just a phone call with someone who isn't real.
prosody
They hear how you sound.
Pace, filler words, upward inflection, dead air, that one word you said six times. Scored on delivery — not just what you said.
132wpm (goal: 140)
7×"just"−3 vs last
0.4savg. pause after Q
14%upward inflection
replay
Listen back. Scrub to the cringe.
Every call is recorded and transcribed. Jump to the exact moment you hesitated, stumbled, or nailed it. Export an MP3 or redo the last 30 seconds.
01:18 / 03:42
00:42I hear you, but think about the churn number…
01:18So um, um, what I meant was —
02:03That's a fair point. Here's what I'd counter.
memory
They remember last call.
Run the same 1:1 across four weeks. Devon recalls what you promised, your usual excuses, and will absolutely bring them up.
◉ TRY NEXT TIME
1. Pause 2s after her question before answering.2. Drop your pace by ~15 wpm when she pushes back.
3. Cut "just" — you said it 6×.
voices
14 languages. 40+ voices.
Regional accents, age, gender, cadence. Prep a Spanish pitch with a Madrid accent or a Japanese salary ask with the right register.
EnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutsch日本語한국어Português中文+6
05 · Stories
The reps people actually use.
Categories help people choose where to start. These are the moments where practice changed what happened next.
Sales & fundraising
Discovery calls, objection handling, pen-selling, pitching a round. Iterate on an opener until it lands.
“I ran my Series A pitch 11 times before meeting Priya. The 12th was with a real VC. They passed — but 'with the most constructive feedback of the week.'”— Ana F., founder
The hard 1:1
Deliver tough feedback. Put someone on a PIP. Say no to a promotion ask. All the calls no manager wants.
“I used to write scripts. Now I just run two practice rounds before a real 1:1.”— Jordan L., Eng Director
Interviews & offers
Behavioral rounds, panel grilling, the awkward salary ask. Come in warm, not rehearsing in the Uber.
“Practiced the negotiation six times. Asked for $30k over their first offer. Got $22k. Paid for the subscription 400×.”— Marcus O., senior PM
The conversation you're avoiding
Breakups, apologies, telling your parents something hard. Get your first three sentences right.
“I rehearsed telling my dad I was leaving the family business. The real conversation still hurt — but I didn't flinch.”— R.K., private user
Fluency under pressure
Small talk, job interviews, doctor's visits in a second language. Fumble in private so you don't in public.
“I passed my German B2 oral exam on the first try. I'd run the examiner persona maybe 30 times.”— Lena S., Berlin
The weird, specific thing
Asking the landlord for a rent reduction. Returning something without a receipt. Telling a friend their dog can't come.
“I literally practiced asking for a corner table. Is that ridiculous? Maybe. Did I get the corner table? Yes.”— Simi T.
2.4Mconversations completed in beta
91%report feeling measurably less nervous
<300msvoice round-trip latency
14languages supported
06 · Pricing
Cheap for nervous humans. Fair for teams.
Start free. Upgrade when you find yourself reaching for it before every hard call.
Free
$0 / forever
Dip a toe in. No card, no pressure.
- 3 conversations / week
- 6 starter personas
- Basic post-call scoring
- English only
Most chosenPro
$18 / month
For the person with a conversation coming up this week.
- Unlimited conversations
- Full persona library + custom personas
- Live in-call coaching
- Deep transcript analytics & memory
- All 14 languages
Team
$14 / seat / mo
For sales, management, and L&D teams.
- Everything in Pro
- Shared persona libraries
- Manager-assignable scenarios
- SSO + SCIM, audit logs
- Slack & HRIS integrations
07 · FAQ
Things people ask before signing up.
Is my voice recording used to train models?
No. Audio stays in your account; we never train on your voice. Delete any recording in one click, or auto-delete after 24 hours.
Do I need a good mic or headset?
Your laptop or phone mic works fine. A $20 headset helps the persona hear you cleanly in noisy rooms, but isn't required.
What if I have an accent or speech pattern?
Our recognizer handles most regional accents, non-native speakers, stutters, and ESL patterns. If something misfires, you can correct a word inline — we don't grade on accent, just delivery.
Will the voices sound robotic?
Nope — they're expressive, with real breath and hesitation. Personas speak at different paces, laugh, sigh, and occasionally cut you off. Ten seconds in, most people forget.
Can my company deploy it for sales training?
Yes — Team plan supports shared persona libraries, assignable scenarios, SSO, and HRIS. Book a demo and we'll tailor a rollout.
Is there a mobile app?
iOS is in TestFlight, Android in closed beta. The web app works great on mobile today.
Your phone rings next week. Pick it up tonight.
Grab your headphones. Pick something you've been dreading. Hit call.