
English-Polish Electronic Dictionary User's
Guide
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ACCENT CORRECTION
The
Accent Correction
is an excellent self-teaching tool to
improve your English articulation skills.
The section contains over 1,100 commonly used phrases.
Each Polish sentence has 2-3 variants of English
translations.
For ease of reference, they are divided into 12
conversational topics:
Everyday conversation
Communication
Traveling
At the Bank
Hotel
Transport
In the restaurant
Health
Shopping
Beauty care
Sightseeing
Calling for Police
Each topic contains a number of episodes.
The basis of correcting pronunciation are the phonetic
exercises, with the purpose of coming closer to the
reference pronunciation of the American-speaking
announcer. Model phrases are recorded by the announcer,
and are processed and stored in the memory of your
Partner
.
During exercises, the phrases you pronounce are entered
with the help of the built-in microphone, are processed, and
are compared to the model. In the comparison stage, a
unique speech recognition technology is used to determine
which phrase was spoken. On the basis of this comparison,
a decision is made on the degree of closeness of your
pronunciation to the model.
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Select the
Accent Correction
option on the DICTIONARY
Menu.