I finally release the full version of French pronunciation course. http://easypronunciation.com/en/french-words-french-pronunciation-for-beginners The short description of the course features can be found here – http://easypronunciation.com/en/news/french-pronunciation-course-for-beginners-released/66 In total it took more than six months to prepare this release. The video and audio material was ready in July. During the last months I and my developer were fixing… Continue reading Full Version of French Pronunciation Course Available
No Open Vacancies for Employment
UPDATE 2017-01-16: Right now there are no open vacancies!! You may want to check back later. I decided to invest the income generated by the ads on the site into improving the English phonetic converter. Right now I am looking for people who want to help me proofreading the transcriptions for American English. The rate… Continue reading No Open Vacancies for Employment
Updates to French Phonetic Dictionary – Improve Your French Pronunciation
I updated French Phonetic Dictionary. The pronunciations of 507 French words were added. The total number of words is now 23,777. We’re only gong to keep adding to our French Phonetic Dictionary to help language learners out there by offering a tool which really can help with French pronunciation. Check out our French Pronunciation course… Continue reading Updates to French Phonetic Dictionary – Improve Your French Pronunciation
Speeding Up Our Phonetic Converters – Learn Languages Faster!
I optimized the database usage on http://easypronunciation.com. Now the speed of the phonetic converters is significantly increased. It was especially important for German and Japanese converters which were ridiculously slow. All my previous optimizations in speed are nothing in comparison with that one. Well, we always learn… I hope you get the chance to enjoy… Continue reading Speeding Up Our Phonetic Converters – Learn Languages Faster!
The French Phonetic Dictionary 1.8 released
The French Phonetic Dictionary 1.8 released (24,325 words). After a discussion we decided to keep the phonetic symbol [œ̃] for the combinations of letters “un” (“aucun”) and “um” (“humble”). Now there’s an option in French phonetic translator that allows you to use this symbol in such cases. This French dictionary serves as a top notch… Continue reading The French Phonetic Dictionary 1.8 released
Japanese Language Learners – Updates On Our Japanese Language Learning Tools
Information for Japanese language learners. A couple of days ago I bought a brand-new edition of NHK pronunciation dictionary (2016) – https://www.nhk-book.co.jp/detail/000000113452016.html and right now I am preparing a major update for the Japanese kanji converter –http://easypronunciation.com/en/japanese-kanji-to-romaji-converter First of all, it will become copy-paste friendly. Since I wanted to display the pitch accent in Japanese… Continue reading Japanese Language Learners – Updates On Our Japanese Language Learning Tools
English Converter for American English Update
I finally finished all the updates with English converter for American English. I followed very closely the recommendations from the book “Fundamentals of Phonetics” by Larry H. Small. I had to do a lot of testing, because I didn’t want to affect a good quality of conversion, so the update took some time. Ok, so… Continue reading English Converter for American English Update
Seeking Mobile Developer for Pronunciation Mobile App
Right now I am looking for a developer who will help me create a mobile app version of Pronunciation Player. There are two possible ways of our collaboration: 1) business partnership with profit shared 50-50 (preferable way). 2) you just create an app and charge me for your services. Requirements overview: 1) In the case… Continue reading Seeking Mobile Developer for Pronunciation Mobile App
Plans for American English Course – Seeking Pronunciation Player Tester
Very soon I will start the recording of American English course. And I also have plans to create a mobile version of Pronunciation Player. So right now I am looking for testers for Pronunciation Player. The job consists in: 1) reading the description of the software https://easypronunciation.com/en/best-language-learning-software-pronunciation-player 2) reading the description of one of the… Continue reading Plans for American English Course – Seeking Pronunciation Player Tester
Plans to Update Phonetic Converter for American English
I am still thinking about what to include in the upcoming English pronunciation course and which set of IPA symbols to use. There’s a lot of discrepancies in different sources. So yesterday I bought this book called “Fundamentals of Phonetics” 4th edition by Larry H. Small. Boy, was it expensive, but I didn’t regret a… Continue reading Plans to Update Phonetic Converter for American English