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Howjsay

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Howjsay is an online pronunciation dictionary that provides audio recordings of words in English and other languages. Users can enter a word into the search bar on the Howjsay website, and the tool will display the word along with an audio recording of its pronunciation. In addition, there are two links under every entry, one leading to a Google Search that provides its definition, and another one leading to Google Translate. Howjsay currently offers more than 170k word pronunciations. It is free to use and does not require signing up. Bewertung: Howjsay is a valuable and straightforward tool that can be used by language learners, teachers, linguists, and anyone else interested in improving their pronunciation skills or learning how to pronounce specific words. As a downside, some advertisements on its interface make Howjsay rather tedious to use.

Kosten: Free.

Website: http://howjsay.com/

  

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Interaktionstyp

  • Einzelarbeit

Kompetenzen

  • Aussprache

Inhalte

  • Websites/andere Nutzer*innen

Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Benutzeroberfläche User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Straightforward.

Zeiteffizienz Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

High.

Sprache(n) der Benutzeroberfläche The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

English.

Datenschutz Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium (?). Howjsay claims to only ask for personal information when truly needed to provide a service. In such instances, it collects it by fair and lawful means, with users’ knowledge and consent. Howjsay only retains information for as long as necessary to provide a requested service, and it protects it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. It does not share any personally identifying information publicly or with third parties, except when required to by law. However, it displays advertisements on its interface, with some of them tailored to language or location. Howjsay’s privacy policy does not mention compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Arbeit für spätere Verwendung speichern Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

No.

Individuell anpassbar (wenn ja, wie?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Low; Howjsay can hardly be used for anything but searching words’ pronunciation, but it offers more than 170k word pronunciations yet only in one English variant or dialect.

Interaktivität

Engagement

Zusammenarbeit

Kommunikation

Technische Voraussetzungen

Installation erforderlich?

No; it is a browser-based tool.

Kompatibilität/ Betriebssystem

Any browser.

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