Partner
®
X5
User's Manual
37
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to set or cancel the
Pronounce translation, Show
translation, Auto playback
options
7
•
to set internal speaker ON or OFF and to adjust the
microphone level.
♦
Note:
If you hear no sound, make sure the internal speaker is
ON (it can be turned off by the program).
ACCENT CORRECTION
The
Accent Correction
is an excellent tool that helps you improve
your English and Spanish articulation skills.
The section contains over 1,100 commonly used phrases.
For easy reference they are divided into conversational topics:
Everyday conversation
Restaurant
Traveling
Shopping
Driving Bank
Local transport
Health
Hotel
Housekeeper
Phonetic exercises make the basis for improving your pronunciation,
thus making it closer to the sample pronunciation of an American-
speaking person. Sample phrases are recorded by native speakers,
processed and stored in the memory of your Partner
®
X5.
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.
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Select
Accent Correction
from the DICTIONARY section.
7
To check or uncheck option touch the desired one with stylus or select it
with
Ð
,
Ï
and press the SPACE key.
