IPA Help

Lorena Rafael Rodríguez

IPA Help, is a phonetic program for beginner learnes

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Divided into different sectionsShowing basic elements VowelsConsonantsDiacriticsSuprasegmentalsArticulatorPlace of Articulation

Vowels & Consonants

Presented in an Interactive way Visual explanation of their main features Play sounds Record yourself to test your pronunciation

Interactive Consonant table You can manage to listen, repeat and record each sound

To beginEasy bottons You can find at the top these bottons to manipulate the sounds of the consonants. VowelsConsonantsDiacriticsSuprasegmental

Especial Bottons

Sound in Context Compare the originalsound with your recording

Vowels

Visually clear Place the mouseabove the phoneticsymbol and you canlisten the sound Using the bottonsmentioned before, you can record yoursel

Diacritics & Suprasegmental

These especial features of phonetics are presented in a table showing: -symbol-explanation-name This feature can be listened in a context.

Articulator & Place of Articulation

A picture is presented to place each articulato and also the part in which the sounds take place. This is not an interactive part, but a theoretical one.

Sample

In the section of Sample, you can compare and analyze different languages. It appears a table divided into three colums:Phonetic, Gloss and Dialect The word is transcribed and you can listen how it is pronounced. This word is explained in English. The dialect of this word appears in the third colum.

Test yourself 1 It is presented 6 phonetics lists2 A word is pronounced3 Enter what you can hear4 Verify your answer

How to download

Go to http://www.sil.org/Select softwareGo to supportNow choose IPA Help: a window with the current information and a brief description is showed.Press the buton IPA Help downloadsA new window appears showing three options: System Requirements, Dowload and Keyman. (make sure you have all the requirements) In Download, IPA Help appears in blue in the first step to download the program, press it.

How to download

A new window will open, asking you if you want to use it or keep it.-Use it, the proccess of the program downloading appears-Keep it, a window to specify where to keep the program appears before the one showing the process of downloadingOnce completed, you can open the fieldNow, you will be guided in this process(several windows asking you information about the file to keep the program, the rules and regulations appear in this process. Only press Next to continue and Finish to start using IPA Help)