Category iOS Apps
American Speechsounds [iPad/iPhone app]
English Talk Shop. (2015). American Speechsounds (Version 1.3.6) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Price: Free to download (Each of the six programs allows a free 14-day trial subscription. Subscriptions are then $5.99 per month, $15.00 per quarter, or $50.00 annually) Device compatibility: iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch App affordances: embedded audio, embedded video, access […]
American English Pronunciation Apps [iPhone/iPad apps]
In this posting I will review several apps by the same developer, which are all quite similar. Lebedenko, D. (2013a). American English Pronunciation for Vietnamese (Version 2.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Lebedenko, D. (2013b). American English Pronunciation for Vietnamese FREE (Version 1) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Lebedenko, D. (2014a). American English […]
Clear Pronunciation 1 Sounds [iPad app]
After a long break from posting reviews of apps, I am back with a review of Clear Pronunciation 1 Sounds by Clarity Language Consultants. Clarity Language Consultants Ltd. (2015). Clear Pronunciation 1 Sounds (Version 10.1.26) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Price: This demo version is free (with no way found to pay or upgrade […]
English Sounds: Pronunciation & Phonetics HD [iPhone/iPad apps]
This posting will cover two similar apps by Cambridge English Online. Special Note: When I included discussion of these apps in my presentation at TESOL 2015 in Toronto a representative from Cambridge University Press let me know that these apps are in no way associated with Cambridge University Press or their subsidiaries. There is a […]
Pronunciation Tutor (/w/ and “th”) [iPhone/iPad Apps]
This posting will focus on two apps by the same developer. Both apps were developed for the iPhone, but work on the iPad in 2X mode to bring it to full screen. Kean Research. (2011a). Pronunciation Tutor /W/ (Version 1.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Kean Research. (2011b). Pronunciation Tutor TH (Version 1.0) [Mobile […]
English Tone Player [iPhone/iPad App]
This post will cover two versions of the same app: Ding, Q. (2012a). English Tone Player – Accent (Version 1.1) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Ding, Q. (2012b). English Tone Player (Version 1.2) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Cost: English Tone Player (Version 1.2) is free, while English Tone Player – Accent (Version […]
Sounds: The Pronunciation App [iPhone/iPad App]
In this post I will discuss two apps by Macmillan Education (which I reviewed on my iPad): Macmillan Education. (2013a). Sounds: The Pronunciation App (Version 3.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Macmillan Education. (2013b). Sounds: The Pronunciation App Free (Version 3.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Cost: The free app is free, while […]
SpeakAp and SpeakAp Pro [iPhone/iPad Apps]
This post will cover two apps by AventuSoft LLC: AventuSoft LLC. (2013). SpeakAP – Analyze Pronunciation (Version 2.0.3) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com AventuSoft LLC. (2014). SpeakAP Pro – Analyze Pronunciation (Version 1.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Cost: Free. Note that SpeakAP – Analyze Pronunciation has in-app purchases for different packs of […]
The First Ten Apps
A few weeks ago I set out to write a blog post about each of the more than 100 iOS apps that I downloaded from the iTunes store to my iPad that focus on English pronunciation (see that posting). I have now written ten postings on ten different apps and I wanted to summarize some […]
iPronounce [iPhone/iPad App]
This posting is a follow up to the post on iPronounce! (with an exclamation point) and focuses on a newer version of the same app now called iPronounce (without the exclamation point). AtoZ Studio Private Limited. (2013). iPronounce (Version 2.0) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://www.itunes.com Price. $0.99 iPronounce corrects some of the technical problems […]
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