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In TTS Reader, vocabulary entries are added by clicking on words or selecting phrases in the text. Users can add vocab meanings and study in several vocab modes.
YouTube shorts can be opened and played at different speeds - just like other types of video. Just add the video url after the
m key, e.g. https://audiodrill.com?m=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e1BifEQQobASite translation with Google Translate added. This will help users learn the new words and phrases they come across.
Choosing computer voice is now also possible for tasks. A voice can be picked from the voice list in advanced settings.
Dictation page added. Try out writing down computer-read texts.
Happy New Year! 🥳☃️🎄
Making gapped texts for Audiodrill is now a piece of cake! Try it out here.
Text-to-speech page added. Try out reading this dialogue in two voices.
Playing voice games and shadow reading are now possible in Edge browser in addition to Chrome.
Transcript fragments, e.g., from YouTube videos, can be easily turned into drilling tasks. Just click on the 🗋 icon in the task window and paste the link to the video or audio and the transcript lines with timestamps to drill. To share the new task, get the link by clicking on 🔗︎ icon.
Irregular verbs drill was adapted for mobiles. Check it out at https://audiodrill.com/irrverbs
Voice games can now be embedded in your site. See two demos of vioice activities in English and Chinese.
Happy New Year! 🥳🎄☃️
Scripted dialogues with computer added. Try out this one on the present perfect and past simple.
English corpus ngrams can be viewed via embedded Google Books Ngram Viewer. Check out this ngram: https://audiodrill.com?ngram=monogram,bigram,trigram.
Gapped and reverse shadow reading added. You can choose whether to lead in reading or follow the computer.
Voice search implemented in shadow reading. Jump to any chunk by reading just a part of it.
Drill irregular English verbs at https://audiodrill.com/irrverbs
"Flash cards" added to words and phrases.
How to write voice games for Audiodrill?
Take part in a hands-on training session and learn how to create Audiodrill voice games for your students.
Voice echo for shadow reading with text added.
Voice recognition for shadow reading with text added.
Explanation of shadow reading with video added.
The Polish language was added to Words & phrases page.
A list of words with disputed usage and a collocations finder Fluentwords were added to the list of useful resources.
Task editing enabled. To edit a task, click on the
Aa icon.A list of radio stations was added, so you could listen to the radio at a slower playback rate and rewind it.
A list of useful resources was added to the menu. Share your links to helpful resources via the contact form.
Use URL parameter
sl to list English sound-alikes. E.g., words sounding like tree: https://audiodrill.com?sl=treeml to list English words with a related meaning. E.g., words whose meaning is associated with chip: https://audiodrill.com?ml=chipThe above lists are provided via Datamuse search.
While playing a fragment, you can press the right Control key (the right ⌘ Command key on Mac keyboards) to rewind one second.
While playing a fragment, you can press the left Control key to temporarily slow down the playback. Releasing the key will restore the initial speed.
Cue speed factors parameter was added to loop controls' advanced settings. This allows playing the same fragment several times at a different speed.