I have spent the last month finding out about the price of building apps for the iPad, as I want to do a second edition of my first publication, ‘Streaming Speech: Listening and Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English‘. Trawling around the internet, the lowest figure I found for a simple app was 4,000 (British […]

Outfit7.com’s Talking Tom Cat 2 I am investigating the possibilities of Apple’s iPad, to find out the kinds of activities and functionality that are available in the increasingly wide field of applications. (Er, yes, I admit it: this involves play and enjoyment and laughter). This is all with a view to producing a second edition […]

Image from here Specific rave The recordings are the star feature of this publication by Ian Badger. They are gorgeous. They come in mp3 format on a data CD, and they vary in length from 22 seconds (message on telephone answering machine) to 2 minutes 44 seconds (registering for, and starting a conference call). Being […]

It looks like a room from the film ‘The Commitments’ but in it Fiona Shaw talks about and performs T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. As she performs the poem, you can follow the text which is highlighted in sync with the audio. Clicking on lines will earn you a repeat hearing/viewing, or you can navigate […]

Below are listed the research articles which provide the underpinnings for Speechinaction’s commerical publications. Many of the articles published since 1999 are available online – just click the link. All the articles are by Richard Cauldwell, unless otherwise mentioned. 2011 Pronunciation in spontaneous speech. In P. Roach, J. Setter, & J. Esling. [Eds]. Cambridge Pronouncing […]

Ulises is a medical consultant working in a major hospital in England. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the speed in words […]

Mohamed is a university lecturer, who has worked in Sudan, England, and the United States. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the […]

Dorota is a university lecturer, working in England. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the speed in words per minute of each […]

Caroline is a university researcher, working in England. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the speed in words per minute of each […]

Atsuko is a teacher of English in Japan. She has to speak English every day at work, and during her visits to England. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The […]

Anke has two occupations: she is an accountant, and a teacher. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the speed in words per […]

Andrzej is a University Lecturer in England. Click the speaker icon to hear all of the extract. Click on each line to hear that line. The numbers down the left hand side are reference numbers for each line. The numbers down the right hand side give the speed in words per minute of each line.

The abbreviations ELF and EIL stand for English as a Lingua Franca, and English as an International Language. These abbreviations are used in discussions about pronunciation standards. Around the world, there are more non-native speakers using English (EIL) than native speakers. When groups of speakers from different language backgrounds communicate in English, there is evidence […]

Scripts of source recordings in lower case. The short extracts (of between one second and 20 seconds) that are used in Cool Speech were extracted from recordings of which these are the scripts. Help/Instructions Click on the image to read a pdf file on how to use Cool Speech.