| Features |
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| Alphabet Tips (26 Letters) |
Alphabet A, B, C only. |
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| Vowel Tips (20 Vowel Sounds) |
Long A, Short A, & AR Sounds. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Consonant Tips (24 Consonant Sounds) |
B & P Only |
Yes |
Yes |
Phonics Rules
(16 Silent Rules, 14 Double Rules, 18 Two Vowels Rules, Ending ed and s Rules) |
Silent B, Double BB, AI, and Ending T Sound Only |
Yes |
Yes |
| Listing Words by Patterns |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Standard IPA and APA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 4,000 Sound Files |
Download One by One Manually |
Yes |
Yes |
| Basic Find Functions (Find by Patterns) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Function to Create Own Learning List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Record and Play Back |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Special Mouth Muscle Exercise Designed to Build a String Mouth Muscularity |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Word Comparison and Listening Testing (List similar words to compare and practice listening) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Tutorial Tips |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Resources (Mouth Video Clips, Online Translations, Online Photos, Online Forum, Online Text-2-Speech Demo , Online Quotation, Online Songs, Online Search, etc.) |
Available as it is |
Available as it is |
Available as it is |
| Auto-play Feature (Play the sounds and words automatically) |
Auto-play 5 words only |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sound Diagram (Users can break a sound into several parts and play them separately.) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mistake Editor (Users can make memo of the pronunciation issues for each word) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Exporting the Learning List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Find Function (Find by Date Range) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Phonetic Transcripts for 4,000 Words |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Loading the Learning List |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Real Player Control Panel (Make studying English online easier) |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Setting Real Player When to Start Playing the Audio File (A great feature to improve speaking fluency.) |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Daily Lessons (Step-by-step to use Pronunciation Patterns) |
5 Lessons Only |
5 Lessons Only |
All the lessons available |
| 1 Year of Free Memebership (Many great tips on intonation, stress, word links, etc and many mp3 resources on different topics such TOEFL, career, music. More is coming in the future.) |
No |
No |
Yes |
Prices for Downloading Version (One Individual)
(Licensing Agreement: One Copy per Computer) |
Free |
No longer Offered |
No longer Offered |
Prices for CD Version (One Individual)
(Licensing Agreement: One Copy Per Computer. The professional edition customers receive an additional copy of the educational version for second computer use.) |
Free |
US$135 + $4.95 Shipping |
US$195 + $4.95 Shipping |
Prices for School Edition (One Computer)
(Licensing Agreement: One Copy per Computer.) |
No |
No |
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