ECTACO Partner
®
X8
User's Manual
50
Phonetic exercises make the basis for improving your pronunciation,
thus making it closer to the sample pronunciation of an American.
Sample phrases are recorded by the American speaker, processed
and stored in the memory of your ECTACO Partner
®
X8.
The phrases you pronounce are entered via the built-in microphone,
processed, and then compared to the sample. In the comparison
stage, a unique speech recognition technology is used to determine
which phrase was spoken. On the basis of this comparison the
degree of the closeness of your pronunciation to the model is
assessed.
•
Select
Accent Correction
from the DICTIONARIES section.
•
Choose a topic.
•
Touch
or the REC button to make a voice input.
First you will listen to a phrase recorded by the American speaker (if
this function is enabled).
•
Position yourself near the built-in microphone at a distance of 3 –
6 inches (8 – 15 cm) and say the phrase.
The phrase you said will be recorded, automatically recognized and
compared to the model pronunciation. The results of the comparison
are given as
Excellent
,
Good,
Poor,
Wrong
or
Please try again
. The
Please try again
result means that it is necessary to repeat the
phrase louder or to lower extraneous noises.
