We expanded the database for American English in our IPA phonetic translator. Now it has much more personal names (including 3,300 first names). Another good news is that in some cases the algorithm of the phonetic translator performs faster than before. We will probably drop the support for CMU and Moby dictionaries.

We completely redesigned the way how you can create custom word lists in our Pinyin Converter. First we use new plugin to show popup with the translation of Chinese words. It is more mobile-friendly. Next, now your word list is securely stored on our server. So even if you lose Internet connection while you use… Continue reading Custom Word Lists in Pinyin Converter

We implemented regional pricing on EasyPronunciation.com. We realized that the price even of our cheapest language package is comparable to one-day salary in some countries. It is obviously not fair. We use GeoLite2 database to detect your country based on the IP address. We also used the data about the average income in different countries… Continue reading Regional pricing for access to our pronunciation tools

Recently we conducted a survey among our visitors. The only question we asked was “Do you know the symbols of International Phonetic Alphabet?” The result is that up to 60% of visitors don’t know IPA symbols. To help you we created cheat sheets with IPA phonetic symbols for the following languages: American English British English… Continue reading International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) cheat sheets

We added another type of phonetic transcription in our English phonetic converter. Up until now the only supported transcription was Internation Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Now for American English you can select “Scholastic dictionary style transcription”. You will not find it in professional dictionaries, however it is used sometimes by native speakers in US and Canada… Continue reading Another type of transcription in English phonetic converter

As announced previously we removed the language package “One Language” from our online store. At the same time we introduce a new language package on the English and Russian versions of our site: Polyglot Plus. This package includes all the features of the package Polyglot and also a private consultatiion with me via Skype. I’m… Continue reading New Language Package introduced

I just got the results for the Chinese test HSK that I took 2 weeks ago. The good news is that I passed. The decision to take the test was taken spontaneously. I didn’t practice my Chinese for a very long time and I wanted to try something new. Here’s what I did. I had… Continue reading Ideas on language learning – preparing for Chinese test HSK

Recently I bought a book The Phonology of Standard Chinese by San Duanmu. It may be too complicated for someone who just wants to improve his/her pronunciation in Chinese. However for me it was a treasure. This book allowed me to improve the algorithm to convert Chinese text into IPA transcription. That also includes er-suffix.… Continue reading Updates in IPA transcription for Mandarin Chinese

Now all our IPA phonetic translators are available as REST API. The pricing for phonetic transcription API is different from our regular language learning packages. This service is mainly for web and mobile app developers who want to add a new feature to their language learning site/app.  

We created REST API version of our French phonetic translator. Add a new feature to your app or website! Prices starting at 30 CAD/month. Contact us for further information.