Forum: languagelearning.stackexchange.com
Tags: <online-learning><esperanto><speaking>
Title: Are there any online resources for practicing spoken Esperanto?
Question: There are already a number of resources online to help learners improve their Esperanto reading, writing and aural comprehension, such as Duolingo, but I want to increase my confidence in  speaking  Esperanto.  Can anyone recommend any online resources that will allow me to converse in real-time with other Esperanto speakers and/or learners?

Answers:
sents: text: Telegram is a messaging application that allows you to send voice recordings.
text: There is an active community of Esperanto speakers in Telegram, and they can correct your pronunciation if you ask them too.
text: It is also a great place to ask people for a real-time conversation.
text: For this, you can use programs such as Skype , Google Hangouts , appear.in and Discord .
text: Many programs exist and some of them do not require to download something or to create an account.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/891/Vanege
score: 19
sents: text: There seems to be an Esperanto group in Second Life that meet regularly and use the program's voice chat for conversations.
text: Esperantujo en Dua Vivo
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/911/Robin van der Vliet
score: 14
sents: text: You can buy spoken lessons with several Esperanto tutors with italki: Find a Teacher.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/914/Norskeo
score: 13
sents: text: You might also want to take the leap with a face-to-face event.
text: I just found out about the Paralela Universo event through the " Language Stuff " vlog on Youtube.
text: It looks to be open to beginners who haven't had the opportunity yet to talk with someone else.
text: It would take a little courage to leap in as an organizer for an Esperanto event.
text: I was considering organizing one myself because I didn't see one in my area until I went to the map.
text: I'm not usually so bold
text: but what's the worst that could have happened?
text: Although the event started out for North America, there is nothing preventing you from starting one in your own country.
text: There are events on the map for Mexico and Cuba!
text: It's a leap...
text: I know
text: but you might be surprised at the interest generated in your area.
text: You would also rack up a lot of coolness points. :)
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/881/Prov
score: 10
sents: text: If you've finished the Duolingo course (or equivalent), I'd highly recommend trying the new course Ekparolu .
text: It's a free course which consists of 10 lessons on the topics you choose.
text: You tell them what you want to practice talking about
text: and they'll match you with a tutor who will help you speak on that topic for a half hour!
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/1951/Chuck Smith
score: 7
sents: text: I used to use a site called Fluent in three Months .
text: It practically teaches you how to use a language and speak it properly, and encourages you to upload a video of yourself (set challenges)
text: so you can get feedback on your pronunciation and speech.
text: Very helpful website, you should check it out.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/1957/Jonna
score: 5
sents: text: I know an esperanto server on Discord " Ling & Lang " which propose an esperanto room : Discord.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/1935/John McFerrin
score: 3
sents: text: On telegramo.org you can see various links for group chats about Esperanto on Telegram .
text: Some of them are audio-conversation groups.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/2014/HWF10
score: 2
sents: text: You can find tutors or Esperanto language exchange partners at Langademy.
text: They have a video chat room for Esperanto.
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/3013/moarra
score: 1
sents: text: There are some useful links here .
text: Among others: Chatrooms / Voice chat /r
text: /esperanto
text: Discord server - A place where you can chat with other Esperanto speakers (via voice & text). 'Skajpanoj' Facebook group for finding Skype contacts.
text: Here's a list of contacts (you can add your details here ) telegramo.org - chat with other esperantists
answer_details: author: languagelearning.stackexchange.com/users/740/michau
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
There are active communities of Esperanto speakers on Telegram (links are listed on telegramo.org), Second Life, Discord (Ling & Lang), or Facebook (Skajpano group for finding Skype contacts). You can also buy lessons on Find a Teacher, find tutors or Esperanto  language exchange partners at Langademy and take courses on Ekparolu and Fluent in Three Months.
You can converse with Native Esperanto speakers through various apps and sites. You can find Esperanto tutors on italki and Langademy for free or paid and online courses like Ekparolu or fluent are reccomended.