Word Pronunciator

Because the English language is weird

What if we spoke English the way it was spelled? Talk to Word Pronunciator to find out what it would sound like!

Click on the microphone icon and begin speaking.

Speak now.

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Click the "Allow" button above to enable your microphone.

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Popular examples:

  • "the four birds went on a night flight"
  • "what are you doing"
  • "what is in the fridge"

How it works:

  • Coded in HTML5
  • Processes input using browser's speech recognition
  • Converts script to Devanagari (a phonetic alphabet) based on a set of rules
  • Outputs pronunciated speech using Google's Devanagari synthesizer

Further reading/references on why English sucks:

  • See this: a fairly thorough reference on the ways English is 🗑️
  • This compilation of hilarious ways in which you can mispronounce English words
  • This entire YouTube channel

About this project: