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bobinet · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

Try
The English File

It's brilliant

Bobby

bobinet · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 15

I think that The english File has a good source.
Type english file in address bar (oup) will come up)
Click on the first book and then pronunciation. All the symbols will come up with the sounds. If you purchase a book you will receive a huge wall chart

bobby

beetles · Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 6

How about this?

http://personales.ya.com/aingeru/

Type/cut and paste your required text in, click a button, and the change to phonetic script is done for you. A quick read through and check and amend where needed and it's done. Next, cut and paste the output into your target document, (ensuring that MS Word has the correct fonts installed of course).

Free download and free to use.

Excellent.

B

dezxter · Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Posts: 4

Here is another possibility. It isn't a program download but a website. Of course that means you need to have internet connection to use it, but for most that shouldn't be a problem.
http://www.e-lang.co.uk/mackichan/call/pron/type.html

Mrguay84 · Joined: 03 Dec 2009 Posts: 125

Has anything better come on the market lately?

bingmayong · Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 24

Can anyone help me?

Im looking for a website or program where I can double check my work, so for example, I enter the phonetics " ɪf ˈəʊnlɪ " the computer pronounces it and I can check I have it right.

I don't want it to only give me one sound at a time, but squash them together so I can hear it naturally to check it matches the pronunciation I'm looking for.

aske · Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Posts: 7

I believe that should be "ɪf oʊnli" if you're teaching American pronunciation. Cool

I'm not sure if such a program exists, though. Just refer to the dictionary for verification. Dictionary.com has American IPA if you use online dictionaries.

BootOfTheBeast · Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 45 Location: SE Asia

Using the same procedure as Beetles' suggestion:

http://www.photransedit.com/

online and tiny desktop download version, both free. From what I can tell the auto-transcription dictionary has been written by someone from the North of England, so you'll need to tweak the results to mirror your accent variations.

As previously mentioned, only useful if the students know which sounds equate to which symbols, and how to produce them. YouTube "Adrian Underhill pronunciation" for a great 4-part introduction (taken from a Macmillan DVD) to presenting phonemics focusing on vowels and dipthongs.

Boot