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Chinese Expert

3.6.4

Listen to Pronunciation

You can hear pronunciations of the selected phrase with either the Text-to-Speechor Hu- man voice commands.

Text-to-Speech

Text-to-Speech(TTS) pronounces words using a computer-renerated voice to help you quickly learn the pronunciation and tone of words.

Select a term such as 洋基, then click the Text-to-Speech button to listen to its TTS pronunciation.

Human voice

If you have recorded a human voice saying a certain phrase or sentence, you can then choose to have it spoken using the Human voice command. For example, if you had previ- ously recorded human speech for the phrase 洋基, click the Human Voice button to hear it.

Note: For instructions on recording human speech refer to 3.6.5 Recording.

Note: You can adjust the speed of pronunciation. Refer to 3.3 Setting Speed of Speech.

3.6.5 Recording

You can add human speech for phrases and sentences to compare with the TTSvoice and for further repeated practice to improve the accuracy of your pronunciation.

Select a phrase such as 洋基, then click the Record in your own voice button to turn

on the recorder. Click the button to begin recording. When you are done recording,

click the button to stop recording. Click the button to listen to the record-

ing and then click the button to save the recording.

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