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Terms & Conditions

Effective Date: July 12, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to YokoTalk, a real-time AI language learning tutor that provides live voice conversations for language practice. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and YokoTalk ("we," "us," or "our").

By downloading, accessing, or using the YokoTalk application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our services.

2. Eligibility

YokoTalk is intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. Users under 13 are prohibited from using our services. Users between 13 and 18 must have parental or guardian consent to use YokoTalk. By using our services, you represent and warrant that you meet these age requirements.

3. Account Creation & Responsibilities

Account Information:

You must provide accurate, complete, and current information when creating your account. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of your account information and promptly updating any changes.

Account Security:

You are solely responsible for protecting your login credentials and maintaining the security of your account. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized access or security breaches.

Account Deactivation:

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or engage in prohibited activities.

4. App Usage Rules

Permitted Use:

YokoTalk is designed exclusively for language learning purposes through AI-powered conversation practice. You may use the app for personal, non-commercial language learning activities, including practicing pronunciation, improving conversational skills, and exploring cultural nuances of different languages. Our platform encourages respectful and constructive interaction with our AI language partners to maximize your learning experience.

Prohibited Activities:

We maintain strict standards for appropriate use of our platform. Users are prohibited from engaging in abusive, harassing, or inappropriate behavior during conversations with our AI language partners. Additionally, you may not attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code from our application. Misusing AI features for harmful, illegal, or unethical purposes is strictly forbidden, as is sharing your account credentials with others. Users must not use the app to generate content that violates local, national, or international laws or regulations, nor should they attempt to manipulate or exploit our AI system for purposes other than legitimate language learning.

5. AI Content Disclaimer

Accuracy and Limitations:

YokoTalk utilizes advanced artificial intelligence technology to provide comprehensive language learning assistance, including real-time conversation practice, pronunciation feedback, grammar corrections, and cultural context explanations. While we continuously improve our AI models and strive for the highest accuracy possible, it's important to understand that AI-generated content, translations, corrections, and feedback may occasionally contain errors, inaccuracies, or cultural misinterpretations.

Educational Purpose:

While we strive to provide the best AI Language learning experience with our models, these technology is still evolving and so. We do not guarantee the complete accuracy, reliability, or appropriateness of all AI-generated content for every specific learning context or cultural situation.

6. Subscription & Payment Terms

Free Usage:

YokoTalk provides free access to basic features up to certain usage limits. Usage exceeding these limits may require purchasing additional resources or premium subscriptions.

Billing:

Premium subscriptions are billed according to the selected plan (monthly, annual, etc.). All fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law.

Cancellation:

You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Refunds:

Refunds are provided only in accordance with applicable consumer protection laws or at our sole discretion for exceptional circumstances.

7. Intellectual Property

YokoTalk IP:

All content, features, functionality, code, audio processing technology, AI models, branding, and avatars are the exclusive property of YokoTalk and are protected by intellectual property laws.

User Content:

You retain ownership of the content you create during conversations, but grant us a license to use, process, and analyze this content solely for providing and improving our services.

Restrictions:

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from any part of YokoTalk without explicit written permission.

8. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account and access to YokoTalk at our sole discretion, with or without notice, for violations of these Terms, illegal activities, or any conduct that we deem harmful to our services or other users.

Upon termination, your right to use YokoTalk ceases immediately, and we may delete your account and associated data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

9. Limitation of Liability

Disclaimer:

YokoTalk is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Limited Liability:

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, or other intangible losses resulting from your use of YokoTalk.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of YokoTalk shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Japan.

11. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify users of material changes through the app, email, or by posting updates on our website. Your continued use of YokoTalk after such modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.


This document was last updated on July 12, 2025. Please review these terms regularly as they may be updated from time to time.
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