KakaoTalk-style chat with a Korean interface
Open a KakaoTalk-style chat with the Korean interface and short Korean sample lines. Learn which labels switch and how to prepare the text for learners.
Try it: start from this sample
Interface language versus message language
Two different things share this screen. The messages are your own text, in any language you type. The interface language is the layout's own wording, such as its placeholder in the input bar, its date label and the small marks beside bubbles. Choosing Korean switches that second set and leaves your bubbles untouched, so you can pair a Korean interface with English text, or the reverse, when a lesson needs it.
ChatsRat draws its own interface in a similar general style and uses the name KakaoTalk only to describe the kind of layout. It needs the Standard plan or above.
Sample wording and review
The sample lines are short and polite, the kind of exchange a beginner meets in week one. A native speaker should check any wording before it is published for learners, particularly if you lengthen the sentences or change the level of formality, since Korean speech levels are easy to mix up.
Designing a worksheet around the image
Export one image per exercise. Ask learners to find who is asking and who is answering, then to rewrite one reply in a more casual register. Keep glosses in the handout. With yellow bubbles for you and white for them, learners can tell the two speakers apart before they read a single syllable.
A small unread mark appears beside messages when read receipts are on, which is a handy cue for a short class discussion about how quickly people usually answer.
Limits to plan around
Check the editor for the features this look offers before you script a scene. Anything that depends on a typing pause or an online dot should be tested in the live preview first. On the Free plan the first four messages load and export as a PNG with a visible ChatsRat watermark; video needs Creator.
Tips
- Write the first message as a greeting plus one question, so the reply has something clear to answer.
- Keep honorific endings consistent inside one chat unless the register shift is the lesson.
- Compare English and Korean interface settings side by side to show what stays the same.
- Check Hangul spacing in the preview, because a long phrase can wrap mid-word in a narrow bubble.
- Put romanisation and translation in the caption, never in the chat itself.
Questions
Does the Korean interface translate what I type?
No. It switches only the labels the layout draws. Your messages stay exactly as typed, in whichever language you choose.
Can I type Hangul directly?
Yes, with the keyboard or input method on your device. Look at the live preview before exporting, and have a native speaker review wording that learners will study.
Which plan does this look need?
The Standard plan or above. The plans page lists the export formats and how paid plans change the visible watermark.
Is ChatsRat connected to KakaoTalk?
No. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by KakaoTalk or its owner, and draws its own layout in a similar general style.
Use it for simulated, labelled content. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.