A Free Tool to Hear Correct Pronunciations in Different Accents

[emsr2d2]

The definitions come from a dictionary API and the audio comes from Google text-to-speech API. I have checked out the Forvo and my application have has a few advantages over them it:

1. space here Instant audio pronouncaition pronunciation.
2. space her Multiple accents, unlike Forvo which rely relies on user-submitted audio which might not have the desired accent.
3. space here Works without logging in.

Please note my corrections above. I don't know what you mean by the underlined part. Which dictionary does it take the definitions from?

I disagree with your explanation of point 2. The whole point of Forvo is that the pronunciations are provided by real-life native speakers of all the different variants of English. In my opinion, that's much better than text-to-speech AI.

 

[ankitsharma]

Please note my corrections above. I don't know what you mean by the underlined part. Which dictionary does it take the definitions from?

I disagree with your explanation of point 2. The whole point of Forvo is that the pronunciations are provided by real-life native speakers of all the different variants of English. In my opinion, that's much better than text-to-speech AI.

I have tried both and I didn't noticed much difference in the pronunciation as the Google API is trained on High-quality voice samples and there is no AI involved. An API fetches data from a dataset and delivers it to you and in this case it fetches data from the dictionary's and Google's datasets.

 

[ankitsharma]

Hey,guys. I have improved the design of the website to make it more efficient and user friendly. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hey, guys. I have improved the design of the website to make it more efficient and user-friendly. Please check it out and let me know what do you think.

Note my corrections above.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've checked it out. I can see you've redesigned the home page. What other changes have you made?
I decided to try out the word that's the cause of a lot of debate between BrE and AmE - "aluminium". Famously, BrE speakers pronounce all the letters but AmE speakers say "aluminum" (a-loo-min-um). However, the AmE pronunciation on your site uses the BrE pronunciation but with an American accent.

 

[ankitsharma]

I've checked it out. I can see you've redesigned the home page. What other changes have you made?
I decided to try out the word that's the cause of a lot of debate between BrE and AmE - "aluminium". Famously, BrE speakers pronounce all the letters but AmE speakers say "aluminum" (a-loo-min-um). However, the AmE pronunciation on your site uses the BrE pronunciation but with an American accent

Other than redesigning the home page, "dark mode" : ) and other features are on the way if this turns out to be something useful. Thanks for pointing the "aluminium" case. I will see how I can refine it to be more accurate.

 

[Skrej]

I now get a security warning from my browser, and am not able (or at least I'm unwilling) to access it.




I was going to try a few similar common BrE vs. AmE pronunciations - namely 'schedule' and 'lieutenant'.

 

[ankitsharma]

I now get a security warning from my browser, and am not able (or at least I'm unwilling) to access it.
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I was going to try a few similar common BrE vs. AmE pronunciations - namely 'schedule' and 'lieutenant'.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention! The site has a valid A+ SSL rating, so this is likely a false flag due to browser settings, DNS propagation, or an external security list. I'm actively investigating and will resolve it soon. In the meantime, you can try accessing the site from a different browser or network. Let me know if you still face issues!

 

[SoothingDave]

I've checked it out. I can see you've redesigned the home page. What other changes have you made?
I decided to try out the word that's the cause of a lot of debate between BrE and AmE - "aluminium". Famously, BrE speakers pronounce all the letters but AmE speakers say "aluminum" (a-loo-min-um). However, the AmE pronunciation on your site uses the BrE pronunciation but with an American accent.

Americans spell it like we pronounce it. Aluminum.

It's two spellings, pronounced two different ways.

 

[emsr2d2]

Americans spell it like we pronounce it. Aluminum.

It's two spellings, pronounced two different ways.

This is one of the biggest surprises of my life!!! For my several decades on this planet, I've been led to believe that it's spelled the same in both variants, but just pronounced differently. I don't think I'm alone in that belief. It's why Brits tend to think that AmE speakers "pronounce it wrong/weirdly". I've never heard anyone say that it's spelled differently!

 

[SoothingDave]

I was similarly surprised by this. Many years ago.

 

[ankitsharma]

Americans spell it like we pronounce it. Aluminum.

It's two spellings, pronounced two different ways.

Thanks! I also found out a few days ago that 'aluminium' and 'aluminum' are two different spellings.

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[ankitsharma]

"Quick update! We just added a speed toggle—now you can adjust pronunciation speed between slow, normal, and fast. A small change, but it makes a big difference. Let us know what you think!"