{"id":9691,"date":"2018-08-30T16:34:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=9691"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:47","slug":"tech-tip-forvo-com-helps-pronounce-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/30\/tech-tip-forvo-com-helps-pronounce-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Forvo.com helps pronounce words"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Forvo is an online database of word pronunciations. Each word includes a playable audio file, so you can hear someone speak the selected word. In many instances, multiple recordings can account for regional dialect and pronunciation in different languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

To access:<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Visit <\/span>https:\/\/forvo.com<\/span><\/a> in your favorite web browser<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Type your word into the provided search box and press Enter\/Return<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Select your word from the list<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Click any of the provided play (<\/span>\u25b6<\/span>) buttons to hear a pronunciation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A paid iPhone app<\/span><\/a> is available, but the website also works correctly (for free!) on your mobile device.\u00a0<\/span>To learn more about Forvo, visit their <\/span>About page<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Have a cool app, tool, or tech tip you’d like to share?\u00a0\u00a0Contact Chase Masters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i>Please note that Tech Tips are personal recommendations and might not be officially endorsed or supported by U-M.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Forvo.com offers word pronunciations with playable audio, often with variations for regional dialect and different languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":9792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69,127,547],"class_list":["post-9691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development","tag-apps","tag-software","tag-tech-tip"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chase Masters, University Library","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mastersc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Forvo.com offers word pronunciations with playable audio, often with variations for regional dialect and different languages.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9691"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9795,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9691\/revisions\/9795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}