Chapter 3 Using the Chinese Expert |
3.6.2 Speech Practice
Click the Speech practice 
button. In the Speech practice dialog box. Select a phrase to practice.
1.Display/Hide Pinyin 
: Display or hide the Pinyin of the selected phrase.
2.Text to speech 
: Hear the Chinese in the Chinese pane.
3.Voice recognition 
: Clicking this button will display the message Please speak the word you want to search. Say the selected phrase out aloud. If your pronunciation is cor- rect, you will see Pronunciation is correct. If not, you will see Sorry, your pronuncia- tion is not correct, please try it again.
4.Previous phrase 
and Next phrase 
: Select the previous or next phrase and practice its pronunciation.
3.6.3 Character Tracing
Select a phrase such as 紐約 then click
the Character tracing 
button. Now click the character to lookup the trace for a character such as 紐. An animation of how to write the word 紐 is shown along with its stroke number and its radical. Use the Ink Speed slider to adjust the speed of the animation. You can click Practice for real- time writing practice.
For more details, please refer to the ex- planation in 3.4.2 Basic Chinese Learning
