Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Education | $3.99 | Mu-sonic Ltd | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Features:
- See phonetic transcription of the whole text, not just the dictionary forms of separate words.
- Choose between British and American* pronunciation. When British dialect is selected the [r] sound at the end of the word is only voiced if followed by a vowel, which follows British phonetic convention.
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used.
- The structure of the text and sentences in it (line breaks, punctuation marks, etc.) is preserved in phonetic transcription output making it easier to read.
- You can output the text and its phonetic transcription along each other line-by-line to make back-reference to the original text easier.
- An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech.
- In addition to commonly used vocabulary the database contains a very substantial amount of place names (including names of countries, their capitals, US states, UK counties), nationalities and popular names.
- Where a word has a number of possible pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by tapping on it.
- Print out the output results, share via email or copy to pasteboard.
- Let the built-in speech synthesiser read your text out loud. Control the playback and follow IPA transcription of the current word with a highlight.
Gestures (IPA transcription screen):
1. Single tap
- Tap a word to set the cursor to it and speak it (you can mute/un-mute it with the button at your bottom-right).
- Tap in a blank space to stop speech and hide the cursor.
2. Double-tap
- Double-tap a word to open it in the built-in dictionary; if the word has multiple pronunciations you'll see the list of them first.
- Double-tap in a blank space to reset the font to the size set in iOS preferences.
3. Pinch in or out to make the text smaller or larger.
4. Start to slide horizontally to select a part of your text. The Speak button respects current selection.
*) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.
For poetry analysis, this is what I'm looking for. Will recommend it to others. Baffled by any 1 star reviews.
The voice to text/IPA is fantastic on this app. So much better than apple iPhone speech to text. This app gets all of the text correct and the transcription is spot on! Only wish it transcribed the American 'r' inverted as it should be in IPA. Now if we could only use speech to text feature to instantly transcribe speech sound disorders!
Why only English? English is one of many languages. Why can’t there be more? Think on a broader scale people. Also I’m a Vocalist apps like think can be ideal for international words/languages. Don’t always like using Google translator to find IPAs.
This app breaks lines and starts new lines and spoils the pages without fitting texts in the page. This cause addtional work on word processor with adjusting font size, removing enters,.... instead of directly sharing to PDF app. Moreover this app does not support sharing to PDF app directly by PDF without killing colors but just deal with as txt without saving colors. That cause more additional work on word processor with dragging, copy/paste, sharing to PDF, .... instead of directly sharing to PDF app, too. So I have no choice but working on web on PC instead of the same paid app on iPad.
I do enjoy this app it meets all the needs I required. However I do not agree with it's pricing of 4$ it's expensive for it's feature. I think a good price would be either 0.99$ or 1.99$.
This app seems to simply replace letters with rudimentary IPA symbols, but it isn't a real phonetic transcription. There are no diphthongs, no flap consonants, no aspirated stops, no syllabic consonants, etc. The transcriptions aren't even accurate phonemic representations. I paid $4 for this app and I deleted it from my phone.
It's not displaying the correct phonetics. For instance /ˌɪntə(ː)ˈmiːdjət/ Can you fix this?