Howjsay English Pronunciation Dictionary for iOS

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Make mispronunciations a thing of the past with the world's most accurate and comprehensive pronunciation dictionary.

Make mispronunciations a thing of the past with the world's most accurate and comprehensive pronunciation dictionary. Unlike most other apps no synthetic pronunciation is used, with every word carefully researched and professionally recorded. "What I love is it uses a real human voice for audio playback, and has words for pronunciation that my dictionary apps don't even have for definitions." "I feel like I now have a secret, powerful, linguistic advantage." Features: Over 170, 000 individually recorded words & phrases. Comprehensive dictionary including medical, legal, scientific, industry jargon and even current affairs and names. Accurate pronunciation of heteronyms (words which are spelled the same but pronounced differently depending on context) e. g, tear, dove, close, live, alternate, etc.Auto-complete and spelling suggestions. Search online to retrieve latest additions to the dictionary. Pronunciation history. Search definitions online. All for the price of a coffee. Note: An internet connection is required to download the audio and perform new searches, as the Howjsay database is too large to download and is continuously updated.