User`s manual

ECTACO Partner

X8 User's Manual

Phonetic exercises make the basis for improving your pronunciation,

thus making it closer to the sample pronunciation of an American.

Sample phrases are recorded by the American speaker, processed

and stored in the memory of your ECTACO Partner

X8.

The phrases you pronounce are entered via the built-in microphone,

processed, and then compared to the sample. In the comparison

stage, a unique speech recognition technology is used to determine

which phrase was spoken. On the basis of this comparison the

degree of the closeness of your pronunciation to the model is

assessed.

• Select Accent Correction from the DICTIONARIES section.

• Choose a topic.

• Touch or the REC button to make a voice input.

First you will listen to a phrase recorded by the American speaker (if

this function is enabled).

• Position yourself near the built-in microphone at a distance of 3 –

6 inches (8 – 15 cm) and say the phrase.

The phrase you said will be recorded, automatically recognized and

compared to the model pronunciation. The results of the comparison

are given as Excellent, Good, Poor, Wrong or Please try again. The

Please try again result means that it is necessary to repeat the

phrase louder or to lower extraneous noises.