MYACCENTWAYVlad: Before Training Pronunciation Evaluation
Word clarity shows how clearly the words were pronounced, whether each word can be recognized as the intended word. The other scores measure how close Vlad sounds to a native speaker of General American English. Overall is the average of Sound by sound, Sounds, Intonation, Connected speech and Measurements.
Word clarity
| Word | Result | Details (time) |
|---|---|---|
| Words recognized clearly | ||
| 41 of 56 words | Clear | recognized as the intended word with high confidence |
| Words not recognized clearly | ||
| the first “The” | Unclear | low recognition confidence; heard as “Then” (1.1 s) |
| the first “android” | Unclear | heard as “Droit”: the first syllable [æn] is not heard clearly (1.7 s) |
| “hot” | Unclear | heard as “you heard it” when checked on its own (4.9 s) |
| “and” (and the android) | Unclear | low recognition confidence (5.7 s) |
| “the” (the android) | Unclear | heard as “then” (6.4 s) |
| the second “android” | Unclear | heard as “Droit” (7.4 s) |
| “drove” | Unclear | heard as “drawl” when checked on its own (9.9 s) |
| “bottle” | Unclear | heard as “battle” when checked on its own (12.7 s) |
| “During” | Unclear | heard as “beauty” when checked on its own (14.3 s) |
| the third “he” (he rehydrated) | Unclear | low recognition confidence (15.4 s) |
| “rehydrated” | Unclear | heard as “dehydrated” every time it was checked (16.3 s) |
| “so” | Unclear | low recognition confidence (17.0 s) |
| “drone” | Unclear | low recognition confidence; heard as “run” (20.8 s) |
| “the” (the detective) | Unclear | low recognition confidence (22.5 s) |
| “ordered” | Unclear | heard as “orders” when checked on its own; the “-ed” ending is not clear (24.7 s) |
Word clarity score: 41 of 56 words recognized clearly = 73 / 100. Each unclear word counts as 0.
Sound-by-sound check in every word
This is the strictest check. Every sound of every word was compared with the American pronunciation of the word. A word can be recognized and still have sounds that differ.
| Word | Result | Details (time) |
|---|---|---|
| All sounds match the American pronunciation | ||
| 27 words | Close to General American | a, could, deliver, detective, device, down, garden, he, his, important, in, it, of, some, the, this, to, too, was |
| Some sounds differ | ||
| “drives” | Partly | 3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is missing (2.3 s) |
| the second “the” | Needs work | 1 of 2 sounds match: [ð] is heard as [d] (2.8 s) |
| the first “street” | Partly | 4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (2.9 s) |
| the first “deliver” | Partly | 5 of 6 sounds match: [ɪ] is heard as [i] (3.4 s) |
| the second “street” | Partly | 4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (5.5 s) |
| “dehydrated” | Needs work | 6 of 10 sounds match: [h] is heard as [x]; [aɪ] is heard as [a]; [ɹ] is heard as [r]; [ɾ] is heard as [t] (8.1 s) |
| the first “he” | Needs work | 1 of 2 sounds match: [h] is heard as [ʃ] (9.7 s) |
| “drink” | Partly | 4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (11.4 s) |
| the first “water” | Needs work | 2 of 4 sounds match: [ɾ] is heard as [t]; [ɚ] is heard as [ə] (11.9 s) |
| “from” | Partly | 3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (12.3 s) |
| the second “water” | Partly | 3 of 4 sounds match: [ɾ] is heard as [t] (13.2 s) |
| “drive” | Partly | 3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (15.1 s) |
| “continue” | Partly | 6 of 8 sounds match: [n] is heard as [ɲ]; [j] is missing (18.8 s) |
| “who” | Needs work | 1 of 2 sounds match: [h] is heard as [ɑ] (24.4 s) |
| Words not recognized clearly (every sound counts as 0) | ||
| the first “the” | Unrecognized | 2 sounds (2.1 s) |
| the first “android” | Unrecognized | 5 sounds (2.2 s) |
| “hot” | Unrecognized | 3 sounds (5.0 s) |
| “and” | Unrecognized | 3 sounds (6.0 s) |
| the second “android” | Unrecognized | 4 sounds (7.5 s) |
| “drove” | Unrecognized | 4 sounds (9.9 s) |
| “bottle” | Unrecognized | 4 sounds (12.7 s) |
| “during” | Unrecognized | 5 sounds (14.4 s) |
| the second “he” | Unrecognized | 2 sounds (16.0 s) |
| “rehydrated” | Unrecognized | 10 sounds (16.5 s) |
| “so” | Unrecognized | 2 sounds (17.2 s) |
| “drone” | Unrecognized | 4 sounds (20.9 s) |
| the sixth “the” | Unrecognized | 2 sounds (23.0 s) |
| “ordered” | Unrecognized | 3 sounds (24.7 s) |
Sound-by-sound score: 124 of 196 sounds match = 63 / 100. The 53 sounds in words that were not recognized clearly count as 0. Sounds that the automatic check could not identify even in the General American model reading are not part of this count; they are checked by listening in the Sounds section.
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Sound by sound
| Sound | Result | Example (time) |
|---|---|---|
| Vowels | ||
| [i] street, he | Close to General American | 2.9 s, 5.4 s, 9.6 s, 17.4 s |
| [ɪ] it, in, his, drink, this, device, the second “deliver” | Close to General American | 4.4 s, 5.2 s, 14.6 s, 11.4 s, 19.8 s, 3.9 s, 19.4 s |
| [ɪ] the first “deliver” | Needs work | closer to a long [i]: “deleever” (3.5 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [ɛ] detective | Close to General American | 23.4 s |
| [æ] the first “android”, “and”, the second “android” | Unrecognized | 1.7 s, 5.7 s, 7.4 s, the words were not recognized clearly |
| [ɑ] garden, water (both) | Close to General American | 10.9 s, 12.0 s, 13.2 s |
| [ɑ] hot, bottle | Unrecognized | 4.9 s, 12.7 s, the words were not recognized clearly |
| [ɔ] important | Partly | closer to a pure [o] (20.6 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [ɔ] ordered | Unrecognized | 24.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly |
| [ʊ] could | Close to General American | 18.7 s |
| [ʊ] during | Unrecognized | 14.3 s, the word was not recognized clearly |
| [u] too, who | Close to General American | 4.9 s, 24.6 s |
| [ə] schwa in the, a, garden, continue | Close to General American | 2.8 s, 5.4 s, 10.7 s, 12.5 s, 11.1 s, 18.9 s |
| [ʌ] some, from, of, was | Close to General American | 11.7 s, 12.4 s, 13.0 s, 4.5 s |
| [ɚ] the first “water”, deliver (both) | Needs work | a plain [ə] followed by a rolled Russian [r] instead of one American [ɚ] (12.1 s, 3.7 s, 19.8 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [ɚ] the second “water” | Close to General American | 13.4 s |
| Diphthongs | ||
| [aɪ] drives, device, drive | Close to General American | 2.3 s, 4.1 s, 15.2 s |
| [aɪ] dehydrated | Needs work | a single [a] without the glide to [ɪ] (8.2 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [aʊ] down (both) | Close to General American | 2.6 s, 10.4 s |
| [eɪ] dehydrated | Close to General American | 8.5 s |
| [oʊ] drove, so, drone | Unrecognized | 9.9 s, 17.0 s, 20.8 s, the words were not recognized clearly; the vowel is a single [o] without the glide to [ʊ] · common for Russian speakers |
| [ɔɪ] the first and second “android” | Unrecognized | 1.7 s, 7.4 s, the words were not recognized clearly |
| Consonants | ||
| American [ɹ] in street, drives, drink, from, drive, garden, deliver, water | Needs work | a rolled or tapped Russian [r] instead of the American [ɹ], in every R of the story (2.3 s, 3.1 s, 5.6 s, 10.0 s, 11.0 s, 11.4 s, 12.4 s, 15.1 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [h] in dehydrated, who | Needs work | heard as the Russian [x], a scraping sound at the back of the mouth (8.2 s, 24.5 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [h] in his, he, hot | Close to General American | 14.9 s, 18.5 s, 5.0 s |
| [ɾ] flap T in water (both), dehydrated | Needs work | a full [t] instead of the American flap T (12.1 s, 13.4 s, 8.6 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [ɾ] flap T in bottle | Unrecognized | 12.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly |
| [tʰ] [pʰ] puff of air in too, detective, important | Needs work | the puff of air after [t] and [p] is short or missing (4.8 s, 23.4 s, 20.6 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [ð] the (in the street, the garden), this | Close to General American | 5.3 s, 10.7 s, 19.8 s |
| [ð] the first “the” in “down the street” | Partly | closer to [d] (2.8 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [j] continue | Partly | blended into a soft Russian [nʲ]: “contin-oo” (19.1 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| [l] deliver (both) | Close to General American | 3.5 s, 19.5 s |
| [l̩] dark L in bottle | Unrecognized | 12.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly |
| [v] deliver, device, drives, drive, of | Close to General American | 3.6 s, 4.0 s, 2.4 s, 15.5 s, 13.1 s |
| [z] was, his, drives | Close to General American | 4.6 s, 15.0 s, 2.5 s |
| [s] street, some, device, this | Close to General American | 2.9 s, 11.7 s, 4.3 s, 20.4 s |
| [w] was, water | Close to General American | 4.5 s, 11.9 s |
| [d] deliver, device, detective | Close to General American | 3.4 s, 3.9 s, 23.2 s |
| [n] [ŋ] [k] [ɡ] [p] [f] [m] | Close to General American | down, drink, could, garden, important, from, some |
| Clusters and syllables | ||
| [ŋk] drink | Close to General American | 11.5 s |
| [kt] detective | Close to General American | 23.6 s |
| [st] [str] street | Close to General American | 2.9 s, 5.5 s |
| [vz] drives | Close to General American | 2.5 s |
| No extra vowels after consonants | Close to General American | no added vowels in street, drink, detective, important (3.2 s, 11.6 s, 23.6 s, 20.8 s) |
| Word stress | ||
| garden, dehydrated | Close to General American | 10.8 s, 8.0 s |
| deliver, continue, important, detective | Needs work | the stressed syllable stays at the normal voice level and is not longer than the other syllables; General American makes it clearly higher and longer (3.4 s, 18.8 s, 20.4 s, 23.1 s) · common for Russian speakers |
| android (both) | Unrecognized | 1.7 s, 7.4 s, the word was not recognized clearly |
“Unrecognized” means the sound could not be identified clearly in this recording. Each unrecognized sound counts as 0 in the Sounds score. Results: 27 close to General American, 3 inconsistent or partly, 8 need work, 9 unrecognized. “Common for Russian speakers” marks differences that are typical when the first language is Russian.
Intonation compared with General American English pronunciation
Vlad’s pitch range is about 7 semitones, much smaller than the General American range of about 11. The key words that General American makes high or extra high mostly stay at his normal voice level (Tone 2): “down the street” and “deliver” in sentence 1, the first “water” and “from a” in sentence 3, and “continue”, “important” and “detective” in sentence 4. Some small words that General American keeps low go up instead: “in the street”, “was” and “could”. Sentences 1 and 4 end with a clear fall; sentences 2 and 3 end low but without the clear General American fall.
| Intonation point | Result | Details (time) |
|---|---|---|
| Whole reading | ||
| Pitch range | Needs work | about 7 semitones (General American: about 11) |
| Sentence 1 | ||
| Low start on “The” | Unrecognized | 1.1 s, “The” was not recognized clearly |
| High tone on “android” | Unrecognized | 1.7 s, “android” was not recognized clearly |
| High tone on “drives” | Close to General American | 2.0 s |
| High tone on “down the” | Needs work | stays at Tone 2; General American goes up to Tone 3 and Tone 4 (2.4 s, 2.7 s) |
| Low tone on “to” | Close to General American | 3.2 s |
| High tone on “deliver” | Needs work | stays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (3.4 s) |
| Fall at the end (“device”) | Close to General American | 3.9 s |
| Sentence 2 | ||
| High tone on “too” | Unrecognized | 4.6 s, the pitch could not be identified clearly |
| High tone on “hot” | Unrecognized | 4.9 s, “hot” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tone on “in the street” | Needs work | stays at Tone 2 and goes up a little; General American drops to Tone 1 (5.2 s) |
| High tone on “and” | Unrecognized | 5.7 s, “and” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tone on “the” (the android) | Unrecognized | 6.4 s, “the” was not recognized clearly |
| High tone on the second “android” | Unrecognized | 7.4 s, “android” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tone on “was” (was dehydrated) | Needs work | goes up to Tone 3 on a small word; General American keeps it at Tone 1 (7.7 s) |
| Fall at the end (“dehydrated”) | Partly | a small fall that stays near Tone 2; General American falls to Tone 1 (8.0 s) |
| Sentence 3 | ||
| Low start on “He” | Partly | starts a little above his normal voice level; General American starts lower (9.6 s) |
| High tone on “drove down” | Unrecognized | 9.9 s, “drove” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tone on “some” | Close to General American | 11.6 s |
| High tone on the first “water” | Needs work | stays low, between Tone 1 and Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (11.8 s) |
| High tone on “from a” | Needs work | drops toward Tone 1; General American goes up to Tone 3 (12.1 s) |
| Fall at the end (“water”) | Partly | stays low but does not fall; General American falls clearly (13.1 s) |
| Sentence 4 | ||
| High tone on “During his” | Unrecognized | 14.3 s, “During” was not recognized clearly |
| Phrase break after “During his drive” | Close to General American | short break (15.5 s) |
| High tone on “rehydrated” | Unrecognized | 16.3 s, “rehydrated” was not recognized clearly |
| High tone on “so” | Unrecognized | 17.0 s, “so” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tones on “he could” | Partly | “could” goes up to Tone 3 on a small word; General American keeps it near Tone 2 (18.6 s) |
| High tone on “continue” | Needs work | reaches only Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (18.8 s) |
| Low tone on “to” (to deliver) | Partly | stays at Tone 2; General American drops to Tone 1 (19.1 s) |
| High tone on “important” | Needs work | stays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (20.4 s) |
| High tone on “drone” | Unrecognized | 20.8 s, “drone” was not recognized clearly |
| Low tone on “the” (the detective) | Unrecognized | 22.5 s, “the” was not recognized clearly |
| High tone on “detective” | Needs work | stays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (23.1 s) |
| Fall at the end (“it”) | Close to General American | 25.0 s |
“Unrecognized” means the words or the pitch could not be identified clearly, so the point could not be checked. Each unrecognized point counts as 0 in the Intonation score. Results: 6 close to General American, 5 partly, 10 need work, 13 unrecognized. Unrecognized words are shaded in gray on the diagrams.
Each line is measured from that speaker’s own normal voice level (Tone 2), so a higher or lower voice does not change the comparison.




Connected speech
| Feature | Result | Details (time) |
|---|---|---|
| Linking | ||
| “drives down” | Close to General American | 2.3 s |
| “drink some water” | Close to General American | 11.5 s |
| “continue to deliver” | Close to General American | 19.1 s |
| “drove down” | Unrecognized | 9.9 s, “drove” was not recognized clearly |
| “bottle of water” | Unrecognized | 12.7 s, “bottle” was not recognized clearly |
| “ordered it” | Unrecognized | 24.7 s, “ordered” was not recognized clearly |
| “and the android” | Unrecognized | 5.7 s, “and” was not recognized clearly |
| Reduced small words | ||
| “to” → [tə] | Needs work | [tʊ] in “to deliver”, “to drink” and “continue to” (3.3 s, 11.3 s, 19.3 s); a full [tu] in “to the detective” (21.1 s); General American uses [tə] · common for Russian speakers |
| “the” → [ðə] | Close to General American | 5.4 s, 10.7 s, 23.0 s |
| “of” → [əv] | Close to General American | 13.0 s |
| “a” → [ə] | Close to General American | 3.8 s, 12.5 s |
| “was”, “his” weak forms | Close to General American | 4.5 s, 7.9 s, 14.9 s |
| “could” weak form | Partly | a full [kʊd] (18.7 s); General American reduces it |
| Pausing and phrasing | ||
| Pauses between sentences | Partly | clear pauses after sentences 2 and 3 (1.0 s and 0.7 s), but no pause between sentences 1 and 2 (4.3 s) |
| Pauses inside phrases | Needs work | stops inside phrases that General American reads without a break: after “and” (0.8 s, 6.5 s), after “so” (0.9 s, 17.5 s), after “drone to” (0.7 s, 21.3 s), after “who” (0.6 s, 23.7 s) |
| Reading without restarts | Partly | hesitations before the second “android” (6.4 s) and before “rehydrated” (15.4 s) |
| Speed | ||
| Speaking rate | Close to General American | about 144 words per minute (General American: about 147) |
“Unrecognized” means the feature could not be checked clearly. Each unrecognized point counts as 0 in the Connected speech score. Results: 8 close to General American, 3 inconsistent or partly, 2 need work, 4 unrecognized.
Speech measurements
These are acoustic measurements of the recording, compared with a General American model reading of the same story.
| Measurement | Vlad | General American | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | |||
| Speaking rate | 144 words per minute | 147 words per minute | Close to General American |
| Speed while speaking (pauses not counted) | 4.1 syllables per second | 3.8 syllables per second | Close to General American |
| Pauses longer than 0.2 s | 8 pauses, 5.5 s in total | 5 pauses, 3.7 s in total | Partly |
| Vowel length | |||
| [aɪ] longer before a voiced sound: drive, drives [v] vs. device [s] | 185 ms vs. 195 ms (0.9×) | 180 ms vs. 75 ms (2.4×) | Needs work |
| [ɪ] longer before a voiced sound: his [z] vs. this [s] | 55 ms vs. 55 ms (1.0×) | American English: clearly longer before [z], about 1.3× or more | Needs work |
| Stress strength (stressed vs. unstressed syllable in the same word) | |||
| Louder | +3.2 dB | +5.3 dB | Partly |
| Longer | 0.96× | 1.24× | Needs work |
| Higher pitch | +0.6 semitones | +3.5 semitones | Needs work |
| Rhythm | |||
| Contrast between long and short vowels | 60 | 46 | Partly |
| Small words (the, to, a, was, of, in) compared with stressed vowels | 92% of the length | 77% of the length | Needs work |
| Pitch range | |||
| How far the voice goes up and down | 6.9 semitones | 11.3 semitones | Needs work |
| Voice onset time (puff of air) | |||
| [p] [t] at the start of a stressed syllable: too, continue, detective, important | 18–88 ms, a weak puff | 66–110 ms, a clear puff | Needs work |
| Final consonants | |||
| Final consonants present | present in all recognized words | present | Close to General American |
| Final consonants in unclear words | the first android, hot, and, the second android, drove, bottle, ordered | — | Unrecognized |
| Vowel placement (compared with General American vowels) | |||
| [i] street, dehydrated, he | distance 0.1 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [ɪ] it, in, drink, his, this, important | distance 0.7 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [ɛ] detective | distance 1.9 (the mouth is more open) | 0 (reference) | Needs work |
| [æ] | the first android, and, the second android: the words were not recognized clearly | — | Unrecognized |
| [ɑ] garden | distance 0.2 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [ɑ] water | distance 1.2 (the mouth is more open and the tongue is further forward) | 0 (reference) | Partly |
| [ɔ] important | distance 0.3 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [ʌ] was, some, from, of | distance 0.5 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [u] too, continue, who | distance 0.5 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
| [ɚ] water | distance 0.5 | 0 (reference) | Close to General American |
Vowel placement distance: 0 means the vowel sits in the same place in the mouth as the General American vowel; below 0.75 is close, 0.75 to 1.25 is partly, above 1.25 needs work. Each unrecognized point counts as 0. Results: 10 close to General American, 4 partly, 8 need work, 2 unrecognized.
Training plan
How this evaluation was done
Prof. Alex evaluated Vlad’s recording made before training, a 4-sentence story read in about 27 seconds. Vlad’s first language is Russian, so the evaluation also checks the sound patterns that are common for Russian speakers, against General American English pronunciation.
- Word clarity. Each word was checked with automatic speech recognition to see whether it is recognized as the intended word of the story. Words that were misheard or recognized with low confidence are marked “Unclear”.
- Listening evaluation. Prof. Alex listened to the whole recording sound by sound. He rated each consonant, vowel, stress pattern, intonation pattern and connected-speech feature.
- American reference. Vlad’s reading was compared word by word with a General American English pronunciation model of the same story.
- Acoustic analysis. Prof. Alex checked his listening with acoustic measurements: pitch for intonation and tones; vowel resonance for vowels and the American R; voicing for the flap T and the final Z; loudness and length for stress and for reduced small words.
- Intonation diagrams. Pitch is shown in semitones from each speaker’s own normal voice level (Tone 2), so a higher or lower voice doesn’t change the comparison. Tone 1 is low, Tone 3 is high and Tone 4 is extra high. Each word takes the same space on the diagram, so the two voices line up word by word.
- Connected speech. Prof. Alex checked linking, reduced small words and where Vlad pauses.
- Sound-by-sound check. An automatic phoneme recognizer wrote down every sound Vlad produced, and each sound was compared with the American pronunciation of the word. The same check was run on the General American model reading.
- Speech measurements. Speaking rate, vowel length, stress strength, rhythm, pitch range, voice onset time, final consonants and vowel placement were measured in the recording and compared with the General American model reading.
- Scoring. Each area is scored from 0 to 100 for how close it sounds to General American English pronunciation, not for clarity. Sounds, intonation points and connected-speech features that could not be identified clearly are marked “Unrecognized” and count as 0. Where a word was recognized clearly and no acoustic problem was measured, the sound is rated close to General American; Prof. Alex confirms these ratings by listening.

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