User's Manual

TeLL me More is a registered trademark of Auralog S.A.

First choose the linguistic element you would like to work on a word, sentence or phonetic point (for Japanese

learning only) and click on the corresponding icon. Then click on the arrow to the right of the screen.

How the Pronunciation exercises work

Follow the instructions in the speech recognition panel in the upper right corner of the screen.

Listen...

Listen to the pronunciation of the phonetic point (only for Japanese), the word or the sentence you have selected.

Note.

You have the choice of the pronunciation model:

• to be displayed in Chinese or pinyin, for learning Chinese,

• to be displayed in Japanese for words and phonetic points; in Japanese, Rômaji or Furigana for sentences.

Click on the Options icon in the toolbar, then on the Dialogue and Exercises tab and choose your display

modes.

Speak...

Repeat what you hear, trying to imitate as best you can the rhythm and the intonation of the model. The Speak...

lamp will flash while you speak.

Wait...

TeLL me More

analyses your pronunciation and displays its waveform and/or pitch curve. It evaluates your

pronunciation and gives you a score between 1 and 7: the better your pronunciation the higher the score.

TeLL me More

will let you hear the model as often as you want.

Some tips to help you answer correctly

• Wait for the beep before speaking: TeLL me More

will not understand you if you speak too soon.

• Do not leave any pauses when answering: as soon as TeLL me More

detects a pause, it automatically

assumes that you have finished speaking and will start to

evaluate your answer.

Warning!

For TeLL me More

, a silence of longer than half a second is a pause.

• Your response time is also limited: you have a maximum of three seconds’ speaking time. In the case of

long sentences, you must speak quickly to avoid being interrupted by the computer.

Waveforms and pitch curves

Each sentence and word is displayed by a waveform and/or pitch curve. The waveform traces the amplitude of

the voice according to the time spoken, while the pitch curve reproduces the frequency variations of the voice.