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FLP5: World's Largest Pronunciation Guide (Free) - Interview with Ian Cowley of Forvo
Free Language Podcast
30 minutes 55 seconds
7 years ago
FLP5: World's Largest Pronunciation Guide (Free) - Interview with Ian Cowley of Forvo
Forvo is a massively-useful resource for language learners at all levels who want to improve pronunciation and truly sound like a native speaker. The website has literally millions of recordings of words by native speakers in over 300 languages!
Hear how native speakers in specific locations pronounce words!
You can use this awesome database to, for example, learn how a Spanish speaker in Colombia says a word versus a Spanish speaker in Spain. In other words, you can get really specific with the exact region and accent you want to learn and hear examples of words spoken by people from that area of the world!
Forvo maintains an API for online dictionaries, language learning apps and websites. Projects interested in leveraging this amazing resource are able to link up with Forvo to work out a way to make things happen in a good way all around.
Forvo is the largest online reference for pronunciations with a database of over 3 million words pronounced in 325 languages – all create
Free Language Podcast
A traveling linguist interviews language leaders and polyglot projects. Tune in as language education industry pioneers share their stories and present their services.
