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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / September 2004ReadSay PROnounce English pronunciation diagnosis
Is this the first handheld pronunciation diagnosis system? www.readsay.com/pro.htm "The ReadSay PROnounce System listens to reading out loud and diagnoses pronunciation. This can help learn to read and speak English. The PROnounce System is pocket-sized and includes handwriting recognition, so you can maximize your time spent learning English." USD 455.00 > Is this the first handheld pronunciation diagnosis system? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > USD 455.00 At that price, it may be more economical (and more effective) to hire a human being to do the same thing for you.  SignatureTranspose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. >> Is this the first handheld pronunciation diagnosis system? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > At that price, it may be more economical (and more effective) to hire a > human being to do the same thing for you. For less than two weeks perhaps. ReadSay will be publishing a lengthy series of phrase library files on which to practice. -- James Salsman >> www.readsay.com/pro.htm >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > At that price, it may be more economical (and more effective) to hire a > human being to do the same thing for you. Okay, $395. Now just $360. I love Moore's Law. >>> www.readsay.com/pro.htm >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Okay, $395. --James Salsman > "The ReadSay PROnounce System listens to reading out loud and > diagnoses pronunciation. This can help learn to read and speak > English. [...]" Makes me wonder what kind of dialect it understands... Well, probably American English, but there's still a wide variety of possibly dialects. [Posted only on misc.education.language.english] SignatureMJV . "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before." - Steven Wright >> "The ReadSay PROnounce System listens to reading out loud and >> diagnoses pronunciation. This can help learn to read and speak [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Well, probably American English, but there's still a wide variety > of possibly dialects. Yes, the pronunciation dictionary generally covers American "midwestern" English, but if you have access to other pronunciation dictionaries, you can use those instead. The ReadSay Phrase files are plain text, with the symbolic Worldbet (ASCII IPA) pronunciations freely editable. There is also a phrase library development system that publishers are asking about, and I should have that ready soon. Sincerely, James Salsman www.readsay.com > "The ReadSay PROnounce System listens to reading out loud and > diagnoses pronunciation. This can help learn to read and speak > English. [...]" Makes me wonder what kind of dialect it understands... Well, probably American English, but there's still a wide variety of possible dialects. [Posted only on misc.education.language.english] SignatureMJV . "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before." - Steven Wright |
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