Pronunciation support

Pronunciation and Spoken English learning resources (2)

3. Using the Text-to-Speech Narrator

As well as providing a vocabulary-on-demand service to users through the Net Dictionary, the VLC server also provides a "pronunciation-on-demand" with its Text-to-Speech server. Any word or phrase that is listed in the Net Dictionary can be passed to the TTS server for a sample pronunciation. This is provided in American English using the Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice speech engine, and is generally very accurate.

You can also use the Text-to-Speech test page to type in yourself the words or phrases that you want to hear spoken.

4. The VLC Text-to-Speech Browser

The TTS Browser is similar to the Internet Explorer which it is based on and has the same basic operation but with TTS support added. You can use the Agent characters to narrate the text on a web page, and you can also lookup any word on a web page directly in the VLC Net Dictionary by highlighting and copying the word and selecting the Lookup function from the toolbar or menu.

This program requires that you have the Microsoft Agent TTS files installed on your PC.

**The VLC Text-to-Speech Narrator with "speaking web pages"**

5. Recording your own voice with the TTS Browser

Select the "Show Recorder" button from the toolbar as shown below. You can then use the player controls to record and playback your own voice while you listen to pronunciation or any other audio files.


	Download the VLC Text-to-Speech Browser Setup program
	How to use the VLC Text-to-Speech Narrator

You can also use the recorder with ClozeMaker.

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