m-w.com is a marvelous dictionary that you can click on to hear words in US accent.  The only nits I pick are what I call "awe-dropping" where the sound "awe" is replaced sometimes by "ah".  Click on the word "flaw" to hear it correctly (note, the word "awe" is said "ah").  Another nit is that words starting with "ex-" are said to be spoken as "ix-" (so example is ixample).  I don't think that is the norm in USA but perhaps UK.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.






> From: melkins at dclibraries.org

> To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov

> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:06:33 -0600

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2286] Re: on-line dictionary with instant sound

>

> I think it is pretty interesting-

>

> My only concern is that it took some time to load the sound- even on my

> pretty fast computer, AND it has a British accent. Many of my learners have

> complained about media that is British instead of American pronunciation.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Molly Elkins

> Literacy Specialist

> Douglas County Libraries

> Phillip S. Miller Library

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg

> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:00 PM

> To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2254] on-line dictionary with instant sound

>

> ESL is not my area of expertise, so I don't know if this site is good, or if

> it is a site that everyone already knows about. A friend of mine introduced

> me to a site described as "An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant

> Sound" I tried it out with a few words, and it seemed like a great idea for

> learners struggling with pronunciation of specific words. They need to have

> some proficiency with English spelling in order to use the site because they

> need to write the word in order to hear it pronounced.

>

> The url is: http://howjsay.com/

>

> I am curious what people on this list think about this site.

>

> Daphne

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Professor

> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3979

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979

> phone: 404-413-8337

> fax:404-413-8043

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Director

> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3977

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

> phone: 404-413-8337

> fax:404-413-8043

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