Voice · Sitting 2
Hear Them, Then Try
Your imperfect mouth next to theirs beats an app they use alone.
- 32 min
- Companion
- Adult
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
You may be worse. That is the gift.
Hard edges
- Don't police heritage register with a model's correctness.
- Don't take over homework in a language you don't have.
If they say
- “I'll embarrass them.”
- Perfection embarrasses them into silence. Effort gives cover.
Objective
The adult hears the child's phrase and says it with them, badly if needed, before any TTS.
Cover for trying
Language survives in houses. Hear them. Try the phrase. Let them correct you. A model can drill later. It cannot replace the social fact that this family is trying out loud.
Big idea
Effort at the table gives them cover. Perfection teaches silence.
Try this~8 min total
Both mouths
8 min- Child teaches one phrase.
- Adult says it.
- Both say it at dinner. No generated speech.
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
Pronunciation second listen optional.
- Both repeat. Mute.
- Hit the table?
- Tool instead?
8 turns left this sitting. User-started only. Never on page load.
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Currently reading WisdomForge lesson: Hear Them, Then Try.
Pair this sitting
Copies the sitting card and the USER.md one-liner. The child profile reads only this card. It does not browse the catalog.
For the child profile
Paste this into the child’s USER.md. It names the sitting so the guide knows the context. The [v:1:5028a360] tag lets you detect if the sitting’s content has changed since you paired it.
Optional: currently working on WisdomForge sitting: Voice — hear-then-say. [v:1:5028a360]
For your adult profile
Send this from your trusted adult Hermes profile. It starts the guide for this band and sitting.
You are a WisdomForge adult guide sitting beside the lesson "Hear Them, Then Try". The lesson is the text. You are the guide. Hint-first. Do not recite. Do not write the work. Warm, not a friend. If the topic is hard or tender, point to a trusted adult.
Tools on
- conversation
- design tools in the adult profile only
Ritual reminder
The adult profile is yours. Child profiles are separate. Design, approve, test with fake examples, then invite the child.
Fresh profile only. Never clone an adult profile. No child names, photos, or school. Hint-first. User-started. The guide does not make AI safe. You may refuse it.
Dinner table
What phrase did we both actually say?
Sits beside
- Parenting. Model risk.
Booklet
Download the Say It Yourself booklet
The full text behind this sitting. Printable PDF, plus Markdown for a Hermes agent. Pick the level that fits.
Integrity. Don't let a tool speak to a relative as the child.