Google intends to simplify the process of learning the pronunciation of words. To do this, a new feature has been integrated into the Google search engine that will allow you to practice pronunciation of difficult words. Users will be able to listen to how a particular word is pronounced correctly. You can also speak a word into the microphone of your smartphone, and the system will analyze the pronunciation and tell you what needs to be changed in order to achieve the best result.
According to available data, the basis of the new function is speech recognition technology, which allows the analysis process to break words into separate sound fragments. After that, a system based on machine learning comes into play, which determines the correct pronunciation and issues recommendations to the user. The new feature is currently available for words spoken in English, with Spanish language support coming soon.
Another new feature concerns adding visual images to word definitions. If the user requests the pronunciation of some foreign word, then the voice message will be supplemented with the corresponding image. At the initial stage, images will only accompany requests related to nouns translated into English. In the future, developers plan to expand the number of supported languages, and other parts of speech will be supplemented with images.
The company believes that the previously mentioned features will be useful to people involved in learning foreign languages. In addition, the search engine, in addition to the main features, will receive a learning function. The developers have not specified when the new features will support more languages ββas they are currently in testing.
Source: 3dnews.ru