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24 alternatives to My Grandmother's Lingo

Interactive animation that uses voice-activated gaming

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Grandmother's Lingo launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1M7
   My 70 year old grandma is learning to code and made a word game▲454

   2024 · grandmasword.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   ELSA▲199

   A virtual pronunciation coach

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3AJ
   Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine▲283

   2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

   A conversation-based narrative game

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Anagram▲84

   A modern take on a classic game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6TW
   Txt.wav – Text Animation Library▲98

   2016 · stilllife.studio · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Snabbt.js▲129

   A minimalistic animation library

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MEMEory▲90

   An old school game of memory, but... with GIFS!

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9AD
   A daily word game versus my grandma▲9

   2024 · wordswithgrandma.com · its alternatives →

10. 10BA
    Building a “Babel Fish”, realtime translation of voice calls▲45

    2018 · nexmo.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12AT
    A talking board game in a 2k program and 128 bytes of RAM▲60

    2024 · s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TA
    Take a look at my startup; Show off your vocabulary prowess▲25

    Hello HN, Introducing VocabGenii.com, my online vocabulary game. It is the first product from my company, Genii, Inc., that brings innovative, engaging new learning experience to the market by leveraging web 2.0 and social networks. Currently, we are running a 10K Challenge -- anyone scoring 10,000 points before the contest ends (March 24 04:00 GMT) will get 3-Month unlimited play. Exceptional performance would also be recognized in our 10K Hall of Fame with limited edition trophies! We're hiring! If you have disruptive ideas on language learning and online education, and possess…

    2011 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wordgraphy▲7

    Improve your vocabulary with a new style

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15DA
    DoodleOrDie - "a game of telephone with doodles" in Node.JS▲25

    2012 · doodleordie.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AV
    AI Voice Toy I worked on is in stores, media code on GitHub▲5

    Oct 2025 · mrchristmas.com · its alternatives →

17. 17VA
    Voggle, a unique word game with handcrafted puzzles and hidden themes▲5

    2024 · voggle.com · its alternatives →

18. 18SJ
    Substituteteacher.js: A JavaScript Library for animating between sentences▲11

    2015 · danrschlosser.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19LA
    Legend – Animated Typography in Video and GIF▲7

    2015 · legend.im · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Animation Playground▲4

    Interactive learning platform for frontend animations

    2025 · its alternatives →

21. 21WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net · its alternatives →

22. 22VT
    Voices – Text to speech using familiar A.I. generated voices▲9

    2019 · voice.headliner.app · its alternatives →

23. 23VA
    VCE – a JavaScript library for creating interactive video adventures▲7

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IH
    I have written a toy language in JavaScript▲10

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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