We added the support for Brazilian Portuguese in IPA phonetic translator for Portuguese. This tool is still in beta.
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Support for connected speech in Spanish phonetic translator
We added the support for connected speech in Spanish phonetic translator. Here are few examples of the phonetic transcriptions obtained with this new option: tu universidad tu.ni.βɛɾ.si.ˈðað (connected speech) tu u.ni.βɛɾ.si.ˈðað está aquí ɛs.ˈta.ˈki (connected speech) ɛs.ˈta a.ˈki
Beta version of Portuguese phonetic translator released
We are releasing the beta version of Portuguese phonetic translator. At first, I was inspired by this IPA converter for Portuguese. I started testing it with the phonetic transcriptions from the book The Phonology of Portuguese. And I wasn’t really satisfied with the results. Our Portuguese phonetic translator right now gives the comparable results. During… Continue reading Beta version of Portuguese phonetic translator released
Updates in Spanish phonetic translator
During the last week I made a lot of changes in the algorithm of the Spanish phonetic translator. Most of the changes are based on the book Manual de fonética y fonología españolas. That includes: better support for Spanish allophones, yeísmo (when the words “callo” and “cayo” are pronounced the same), splitting the words into syllables,… Continue reading Updates in Spanish phonetic translator
More updates in Japanese kanji converter
If you use our Japanese phonetic converter, you may have noticed a lot of changes recently. The most important one is that now it shows the inflected word forms of the verbs and adjectives as single words. Before they were split into meaningless pieces, such as “食べ” “まし” “た”. What will be really cool about… Continue reading More updates in Japanese kanji converter
Algorithm for numbers improved in Japanese romaji converter
We improved the algorithm for converting numbers in Japanese kanji to romaji converter. That includes the support for the structure: Number + Counter Word. The Counter Word may be one of the following: “人”, “年”, “か月”, “月”, “日”, “時”, “分”, “番”, “課”. We will add more counter words in the future. If you want to help us… Continue reading Algorithm for numbers improved in Japanese romaji converter
Currency converter in the shopping cart
We added a currency converter to the shopping cart. Now when you buy a pronunciation course or a subscription, you will be able to see the price in your local currency. Note that you will still be charged in Canadian dollars.
Translations added into French and Russian phonetic converters
We integrated translations in some phonetic converters for the words with audio recordings: French phonetic converter has English and Russian translations. Russian phonetic converter has English and French translations.
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Captcha removed, daily limits introduced in phonetic translators
We have a good news and a bad news. The good news is that we removed captcha from all nine phonetic transcription translators. The bad news is that now there’s a daily limit on the text that you can convert. I guess, most of you noticed this ugly message at the top of our site.… Continue reading Captcha removed, daily limits introduced in phonetic translators