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Best way of hearing the words you want?

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Tyrion101
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27 January 2015 at 7:17pm | IP Logged 
What I mean is, is there a program out there, where I can type a word in, or a phrase, and it will give me what it sounds like as close to how it is supposed to sound? I'd love to be able to train my ear to hear what I want to hear, rather than waiting possibly months to hear one specific word. I realize that there are all sorts of pronunciation guides, but those don't give you any sort of idea if you are pronouncing the word, especially if it a language with few resources, and even fewer speakers.
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tarvos
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27 January 2015 at 7:19pm | IP Logged 
Forvo

There is no programme, but there is a website.
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eyðimörk
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27 January 2015 at 7:33pm | IP Logged 
Since you primarily study French...

Larousse's website has recordings of the headwords

Edited by eyðimörk on 27 January 2015 at 7:34pm

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rapp
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27 January 2015 at 11:51pm | IP Logged 
Google Translate will do that. It uses text-to-speech software, so it is not a good as hearing an actual human pronounce your word/phrase, but it will get you "in the ballpark" very quickly.
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Glarus Girl
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28 January 2015 at 12:39am | IP Logged 
dict.cc has human pronunciations.
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28 January 2015 at 3:54pm | IP Logged 
Acapela-box.com covers a number of languages, often with several voices for a given language


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