I'm definitely reading this topic!
When I last looked, apparently IPA had two fonts, neither of which
worked for all the characters. Is this still true?
I really like the IPA, it makes sounds that you either can or cannot
pronounce correctly very clear as to what they are supposed to be.
My interest is personal, not professional.
Is there any information out there to help actually learn the sounds?
I couldn't find anything and I don't want to take classes.
I have to ask also, is the audio quality that comes out the speakers (in
general) good enough to learn the proper sounds? Every device I have
seems to have wildly varying qualities and characteristics.
For example, (OK, not OpenBSD but somewhat relevant) if I wanted to
listen to the speech coming out of Google Translate, would a native
speaker of say Spanish, German or Russian consider the sounds "proper"?
Is there any software that makes proper sounds available (to port, I'm
too poor to buy non-free)?
For example, I speak pretty good Mexican-Spanish, but since I'm self
taught, I know I mispronounce some sounds. Frankly, it's a little
embarrassing here and there.
Haven't yet seen a class offering:
"How to correct your pronunciation years later to sound normal"
or
"How to make sure you are really choosing the right words every time"
Chris Bennett
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