The announcer names a random word — and you talk about it until the next one arrives. No preparation, no chosen topic, no time to think an answer through: you have to speak at once, out loud, without pauses for "uhm" and without editing yourself.

After a few sessions something characteristic happens: words stop being invented and start arriving on their own. That moment — when speech runs ahead of thought — is the whole point of the practice.

The purpose of Spontanika is to develop the imagination and mental acuity of the user. It is an instrument for self-realization and personal development, based on exercises that are used effectively by public speakers and on simple techniques for concentrating the attention. It will help to develop the imagination and mental acuity, and to facilitate the achievement of eloquence, and the discovery of the creative potential.

A SESSION
• Pick a duration and how often the word changes; twenty minutes with a new word every two is the usual start
• A call-sign warns you of the change, then the word is spoken aloud
• The screen can flash instead, for practising in silence
• Speak until the word changes — the app keeps time for you

WHAT IS INSIDE
• Over a thousand nouns in eleven categories, chosen to form vivid images
• Your own dictionaries, typed in and switched on alongside the bundled ones
• Speech recognition that runs on the device: what you said is kept per word, with your pace and filler-word count
• Practice history and a streak of consecutive days
• The full method, with diagrams and examples, right inside the app
• Russian and English: interface, words and method text switch independently

YOUR SPEECH STAYS WITH YOU
No accounts and no server for practice: dictionaries and the method ship inside the app, and sessions, transcripts and settings never leave your device. The app collects anonymous usage statistics — how long a session ran and how many words it covered — never the words you say.

The method was devised in 2014 and refined over hundreds of sessions since.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to everyone who directly or indirectly contributed to the creation of Spontanika. Special thanks to:
• Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) — for the practices of spontaneity
• Sergey Bazarov — master of "The Art of Living"
• Tatyana Fadeeva — public speaking teacher
• Sergey Kazakov — master of acting improvisation
• Natalya Tretyakova — acting teacher
• Alexander Randelf — public speaking teacher
• Maxim Medvedev — acting teacher

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