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<<pronounciation>>

Jun 10, 2004 2:39PM PDT

hello, i'm wondering if there's a software i could download for free from the net, that acts like this. you type in a word, and it will say the word out. since study gets more harder, words also become hard, it's annoying sometimes when you say the word out but not right.

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Re: <<pronounciation>> Gurunet
Jun 10, 2004 4:08PM PDT

There are plenty of text to speak software programs out there, but they do not always correctly pronounce words. I remember one package that pronounced "sometime" as "so-me-ti-me" Happy

However, all is not lost. Look for GuruNet.
They have a commercial program with a 2 week trial, and they also have the unlimited time, but partial capability, package. I am using it right now, and I've had it for a couple of years. (It used to be called "Atomica.")

GuruNet is a research tool that will look up, with many different capabilities (very extensive library), for any word on the screen that you Alt-click on. One of those capabilities (and it remains in the free version) is that it will pronounce the word (uses a canned wav file, not some computer approximation.

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Re:<<pronounciation>> = Sorry, we're English.
Jun 10, 2004 8:54PM PDT

English would be a feat since out of context, words are often pronounced differently. Here's a few examples:

Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
Cool A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
1Cool After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?