Dictionary Speak

There was a time when your excellent online dictionary would talk through the conjugations. I have not been able to make that happen in the last 2-3 weeks. Did something change? What can I do to get it back?

http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/vraiment.html

Thank you.

Nick Chocas

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on August 16, 2012 at 9:08pm

Nothing has *deliberately* changed... let me take a look and get back to you...!

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas on August 19, 2012 at 2:04pm

Thanks, Neil.

Any preliminary ideas? I have paid for "tokens" to your site, so I am paying customer of the French-Linguistics family. I really like your dictionary and the way that it breaks out conjugations. Can you recommend any other areas of your sites that have a similar audio component that I might engage?

Who works for you? Where do they work? home? office location? combination? I am really taken in by these types of eduational sites. It is increasingly more important that we come to a common ground. It is very easy for Anglo-speakers to rely on the rest of the world to speak English. However, you become part of the family, so to speak, when you share a foreign tongue. Besides, when you speak another language, you understand when you are being made "light of"...vraiment.

Thanks for assisting.

Nick Chocas

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on August 19, 2012 at 3:36pm

Sorry, speech should be working now!

There is currently speech on various parts of the site:

- various common words in the dictionary

- conjugations

- various of the French phrases

- the French pronunciation section of the site

If you have an iPhone, you may want to have a look at the French iPhone software available from the site. Both the Utter French! and French Vocab Games apps feature pronunciation (it's an in-app purchase in the latter).

I do have plans to add more speech to the site over time-- it's just a matter of priorities.

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas on August 19, 2012 at 3:57pm

Thank you. Are you a linguist first and a programmer second (though the two really go hand-in-hand)?

I am very interested in understanding how these types of educational sites start and evolve...any insights that you might provide would be appreciated. If you are hiring support personnel, please let me know.