LinguaKata: Pronunciation

See a word pronounced. Type any word. An avatar's mouth, lips and tongue move through it slowly enough to copy — and a cross-section of the head shows the part you can never see in a mirror: where the tongue actually goes. WHY A CROSS-SECTION /p/ and /m/ look identical from the front. The lips do exactly the same thing. The only difference is the soft palate, which sends the air out through the nose instead — so the app draws the air as well as the mouth. "Thin" and "sin" differ by where the tongue tip sits. If you cannot see it, you cannot copy it. WHAT IT SHOWS - All 39 sounds of English, with the jaw, lips, tongue, soft palate and voicing each modelled separately - A front view and a mid-sagittal cross-section, both drawn from the same underlying position - Airflow, drawn as it happens: through the mouth, out of the nose for a nasal, or trapped behind a closure - Aspiration where…