YouGlish
YouGlish lets users search for a word or phrase and hear it spoken in YouTube videos across accents and situations.
What YouGlish is
YouGlish lets users search for a word or phrase and hear it spoken in YouTube videos across accents and situations. It lists support for 25 languages, including Sign Languages. Searches can be narrowed by word class, phrase form, topic hashtag, and speaker gender, with selectors used individually or together.
The web service has a free plan with 20 daily search requests. Paid plans use annual billing: Level 1 costs €3.00 per month for 50 requests; Level 2 is €5.00 per month for 100; Level 3 is €8.00 per month for 200; Level 4 is €10.00 per month for 300; and Level 5 is €12.00 per month for 400. Unlimited costs €30.00 per month. Subscriptions do not renew automatically. For developers, the API offering includes an embeddable website widget, a JavaScript API, and REST web services. Widget options include captions, playback speed, restricted mode, appearance, and dictionary support. YouGlish says it uses YouTube API Services to gather and play videos; commercial use and use in mobile apps require explicit permission from YouGlish.
Good
- Free plan includes 20 daily search requests
- Supports 25 languages, including Sign Languages
- Search selectors include phrase form and speaker gender
- API includes widget, JavaScript, and REST options
Watch out
- Free plan is limited to 20 daily search requests
- Paid tiers use annual billing
- Commercial and mobile-app use require explicit permission
Who it suits
YouGlish may suit language learners who want to hear words and phrases in video examples, as well as developers embedding its search and playback tools. Developers planning commercial or mobile-app use need explicit permission.
Verdict
YouGlish pairs video examples with language and search filters, and offers developer tools for web integration. Check the daily request allowance and usage permissions that apply to your intended use.
Plans and prices
From YouGlish's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 20 daily search requests |
| Level 1 | €3 a month | 50 daily search requests · annual billing |
| Level 2 | €5 a month | 100 daily search requests · annual billing |
| Level 3 | €8 a month | 200 daily search requests · annual billing |
| Level 4 | €10 a month | 300 daily search requests · annual billing |
| Level 5 | €12 a month | 400 daily search requests · annual billing |
| Unlimited | €30 a month | Unlimited daily search requests · annual billing |
The facts
Each one read from YouGlish's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account deletion
- Users can delete a YouGlish account from settings, after which the stored account data is described as instantly and permanently deleted.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API commercial terms
- Commercial use, mobile-app use and traffic above one million daily impressions require contacting YouGlish for permission or additional terms.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API customization
- Widget options include dimensions, autoplay, component selection, colors, caption size, restricted mode, video quality and title formatting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API languages and accents
- The widget API accepts the listed supported languages and accent codes including US, UK, Australian, Canadian, Irish, Scottish and New Zealand English.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API options
- The API offering includes an embeddable website widget, a JavaScript API, and REST web services for backend access.checked 5 Oct 2026
- API scraping restriction
- The terms prohibit scraping, crawling or otherwise accessing YouGlish content outside the official APIs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension availability
- The independent extension listing describes YouGlish Lookup as a free, offline-unavailable Chrome productivity extension by Tu Tran.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Copyright and licence
- The terms state that YouGlish materials are copyrighted, restrict copying and commercial use, and grant only conditional personal non-commercial permission; no open-source licence is stated.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy terms say infrastructure may use servers in the United States and other jurisdictions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data rights
- The privacy terms describe access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and consent-withdrawal rights, with responses targeted within 30 days.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer restrictions
- Commercial use and use in mobile apps require contacting YouGlish for explicit permission.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Embedded widget
- The JavaScript API embeds a YouGlish widget in a webpage and exposes playback, navigation, speed, caption and event controls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Gender selector
- Searches can be filtered for male or female pronunciations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play data safety
- The Android listing declares no third-party data sharing, possible collection of personal and app-performance data, encryption in transit and a user deletion request option.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Language coverage
- YouGlish lists support for 25 languages, including Sign Languages.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The service lists Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and sign languages.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Android developer identity
- Google Play identifies the developer as Dan Haim Bellahsen and gives an address in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API browser requirement
- Embedded API pages require a browser supporting HTML5 postMessage and must define onYouglishAPIReady.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play app scope
- The Android listing says the app supports 19 languages and includes dictionaries, translators, phonetic transcription, saved tracks and words, playback-speed controls, recording and progress tracking.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Subscriptions are not renewed automatically, and the terms say fees are in euros unless stated otherwise.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Billing limitation
- The subscription page says payment information is not saved and subscriptions therefore do not renew automatically.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company first use
- The trademark record gives January 10, 2016 as the first use date anywhere and in commerce.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company owner
- A USPTO trademark record lists Bellahsen, Dan as the registered YOUGLISH owner and an individual legal entity.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content-owner takedown
- YouGlish says content owners can request removal by email and that the content will be removed the same day.checked 15 Oct 2026
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