We are happy to announce that we just released our updated database with pronunciations of words in British English. This is our biggest update for British English ever. The new database supports more than 130,000 unique English words. The pronunciation of each word was proofread manually! At the same time we updated the general algorithm… Continue reading More than 130,000 words in our database for British English
The American Heritage Dictionary phonetic spelling system
There’s an update in our English phonetic converter. Now for American English dialect we added an option to display transcription according to The American Heritage Dictionary phonetic spelling system. You can check the list of pronunciation symbols used in The American Heritage Dictionary here. The transcription obtained with our converter sometimes may be a bit… Continue reading The American Heritage Dictionary phonetic spelling system
New settings in German phonetic translator
We updated recently our German phonetic converter. Now it has 4 more settings that allow you to adjust the phonetic transcription to your liking: Note that for the last diphthong, the first option is used in Wikipedia, the second option is used in Duden’s Aussprachewörterbuch and the third option is used in Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch by… Continue reading New settings in German phonetic translator
Set relative size of phonetic transcription
Recently one user mentioned to us that the phonetic transcription is too small. So we added a setting that allows you to set the relative size of the phonetic transcription for the settings: You can fine tune the size of transcription from 75% to 115%. To change this setting go to “My account” -> “Customize… Continue reading Set relative size of phonetic transcription
More neural text-to-speech voices
We just added more text-to-speech voices for people who have subscription Premium. Google started adding more and more Neural2 voices to their text-to-speech service that we use on EasyPronunciation.com. Now there is a total of 54 Neural2 voices from Google, including: Additionally Amazon has just released a neural voice for Cantonese. They all sound fantastic.… Continue reading More neural text-to-speech voices
A new way to test phonetic converters
We are introducing a new way how you can test our phonetic converters if you don’t yet have a subscription on EasyPronunciation. Now when you click the button “Examples of phonetic transcription” located below the converter’s settings, the system will generate phonetic transcription for 3 short sample texts. The sample texts will be converted to… Continue reading A new way to test phonetic converters
Free vs paid service – a story behind IPA phonetic translators
This post is a bit different. It is not an announcement about an update on our website. Recently I received an email from someone I don’t know. In the email I was accused of exploiting people during the French Phonetic Dictionary project. The person obviously didn’t have all the information, so I would like to… Continue reading Free vs paid service – a story behind IPA phonetic translators
Major design update of EasyPronunciation.com
For the last month and a half we were working hard to prepare this new update. The new updated version of EasyPronunciation.com uses Bootstrap 5. It loads faster and is compatible with the latest browsers. We also replaced popovers in our IPA phonetic converters by the modals. That means more consistent and predictable behavior when… Continue reading Major design update of EasyPronunciation.com
How to perfect your British pronunciation
A large number of English learners across the world want to speak English with a British accent. Due to the famous brand of Great Britain, with the monarchy, academics, movies and the BBC, the British accent has become famous and desirable. But what is a British accent and how do you perfect yours? What is… Continue reading How to perfect your British pronunciation
Phonetic transcription of geographical names in American English
Our database of phonetic transcriptions of English words in American English just got bigger. We added more than 31,000 geographical names. Enjoy the update! 🙂 If you want to support us, please buy a subscription.