Practice the conversations you’ve been avoiding.
Have the performance conversation out loud before you have it for real. A voice counterpart pushes back, deflects and goes quiet like a real person, then you get a scorecard that quotes what you actually said.
Eight minutes is enough to find out where it goes wrong. Two free sessions a week for four weeks.
✓ “I want to understand how you see the last three deadlines before I share how I do.” Opened in inquiry, not accusation. Kept the other person talking.
✓ “I’m not questioning your commitment.” Steady and warm while naming a hard thing.
Two of four dimensions shown. Every score cites what you actually said.
How it works
Sign up free, no credit card. Your first voice session is a few minutes away.
Say who and what
Pick a counterpart (the defensive report, the peer who interrupts, the negotiator who won’t close) or describe your actual situation in your own words. The AI builds that person and you can edit them before you start.
Have the conversation
Speak out loud, like a phone call. The AI stays in character: no softening, no hints. It earns movement only when you earn it.
Read what you said
A scorecard scores four dimensions (word choice, tone, tactics, timing) and quotes your own lines as evidence, so you know what to change before the real one.
Voice only, on purpose
The conversations managers dread usually happen on a call or across a desk, not in front of a video avatar. So there is no avatar. You talk, it answers, like a phone call.
- ✓ Nothing to set up and no face to look at. Open it and start talking.
- ✓ Your attention stays on what you say and how you say it.
- ✓ Practice from a parked car, a quiet office or your kitchen.
A counterpart that doesn’t fold when you get nervous
Most practice partners are too agreeable. Real people deflect, counter-attack, go silent and change the subject. Dialoque’s personas were designed by a practicing psychiatrist around how people actually behave under pressure: the defenses they raise, the language that disarms them, and the point where a conversation can turn.
Built by Dan Gardner, MD, DLFAPA. Read the story
Workplace personas. Real dynamics.
Each one is modeled on real workplace and clinical patterns — not caricatures. The AI earns movement when you earn it.
Choose who the AI plays, or describe your own situation and it builds the person for you.
Workplace
Organizational tension: peers, reports, and negotiators who make closure hard.
Resistant Direct Report
Underperforming and defensive. Deflects accountability, uses passive resistance. Won't own the problem.
Aggressive Peer
Competitive and combative. Interrupts, dismisses your input, escalates when challenged.
Evasive Negotiator
Agreeable on the surface. Non-committal, shifts goalposts, avoids any real closure.
Limit-Testing Colleague
Charming and persistent. Crosses lines with plausible deniability. Tests every boundary you set.
16 real workplace scenarios
Each scenario is built from patterns that show up in actual workplaces — not generic roleplay prompts. Pick one, or describe your own situation.
The Chronic Deadline Misser
beginnerYour direct report keeps missing deadlines but always has a reasonable excuse.
Declining Work Quality
intermediateA previously strong performer is producing sloppy work and seems disengaged.
The Promotion Conversation
advancedYou need to explain why someone wasn't promoted and keep them motivated.
Remote Work Accountability
beginnerA remote employee is consistently unreachable during core hours.
Or describe your own situation and the AI builds a custom scenario for you.
Simple pricing
Start with a free account—no credit card. When you’re ready, Pro is $24–29/month for unlimited practice and full coaching tools. (One session with a human coach often runs $200–500.)
This isn’t presentation practice. It’s for the conversation you’ve been putting off.
Free Trial
4 weeks to experience the full practice loop
- ✓ 2 sessions per week
- ✓ 8-minute session limit
- ✓ Workplace, healthcare & mental health personas
- ✓ Scorecard after each session
- ✓ 4-week access from first session
Pro
$288 billed annually — 17% off monthly
Unlimited practice with full coaching tools
- ✓ Unlimited sessions
- ✓ Up to 20 minutes per session
- ✓ Pattern analysis across sessions
- ✓ Session goals & goal-aware scoring
- ✓ Annotated transcript replay
- ✓ Session comparison mode
- ✓ Email debrief after each session
- ✓ Full scenario library (84 scenarios)
- ✓ Progress charts & trends
Team
17% off monthly
Bring it to your team. Manager-led, not an enterprise rollout.
- ✓ Everything in Pro, for every seat
- ✓ Start with one seat. Add teammates by email, up to 200 at a time
- ✓ Pay by card. No contract, no procurement process
- ✓ You see who practiced and when. We never show transcripts, scores or anything anyone said
- ✓ Priority support
Therapists, coaches, and HR professionals — see our Partner Program for 50% off Pro and client discounts.