Howjsay, a pronunciation dictionary

Description: 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.

Evaluation: 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.

Cost: Free.

Respect for privacy Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: 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.

Type Of Interaction: Individual work,

Skills: Pronunciation,

Content: Website/other users supply,

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