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Vlad: Before Training Pronunciation Evaluation

Interactive American Accent Training
Prof. AlexPh.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist
BenchmarkGeneral American English pronunciation
RecordingBefore training, story reading (27 seconds)
First languageRussian
Word clarity
73 / 100
Sound by sound
63 / 100
Sounds
66 / 100
Intonation
35 / 100
Connected speech
61 / 100
Measurements
62 / 100
Overall
57 / 100

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.

01

Word clarity

WordResultDetails (time)
Words recognized clearly
41 of 56 wordsClearrecognized as the intended word with high confidence
Words not recognized clearly
the first “The”Unclearlow recognition confidence; heard as “Then” (1.1 s)
the first “android”Unclearheard as “Droit”: the first syllable [æn] is not heard clearly (1.7 s)
“hot”Unclearheard as “you heard it” when checked on its own (4.9 s)
“and” (and the android)Unclearlow recognition confidence (5.7 s)
“the” (the android)Unclearheard as “then” (6.4 s)
the second “android”Unclearheard as “Droit” (7.4 s)
“drove”Unclearheard as “drawl” when checked on its own (9.9 s)
“bottle”Unclearheard as “battle” when checked on its own (12.7 s)
“During”Unclearheard as “beauty” when checked on its own (14.3 s)
the third “he” (he rehydrated)Unclearlow recognition confidence (15.4 s)
“rehydrated”Unclearheard as “dehydrated” every time it was checked (16.3 s)
“so”Unclearlow recognition confidence (17.0 s)
“drone”Unclearlow recognition confidence; heard as “run” (20.8 s)
“the” (the detective)Unclearlow recognition confidence (22.5 s)
“ordered”Unclearheard 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.

WordResultDetails (time)
All sounds match the American pronunciation
27 wordsClose to General Americana, could, deliver, detective, device, down, garden, he, his, important, in, it, of, some, the, this, to, too, was
Some sounds differ
“drives”Partly3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is missing (2.3 s)
the second “the”Needs work1 of 2 sounds match: [ð] is heard as [d] (2.8 s)
the first “street”Partly4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (2.9 s)
the first “deliver”Partly5 of 6 sounds match: [ɪ] is heard as [i] (3.4 s)
the second “street”Partly4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (5.5 s)
“dehydrated”Needs work6 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 work1 of 2 sounds match: [h] is heard as [ʃ] (9.7 s)
“drink”Partly4 of 5 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (11.4 s)
the first “water”Needs work2 of 4 sounds match: [ɾ] is heard as [t]; [ɚ] is heard as [ə] (11.9 s)
“from”Partly3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (12.3 s)
the second “water”Partly3 of 4 sounds match: [ɾ] is heard as [t] (13.2 s)
“drive”Partly3 of 4 sounds match: [ɹ] is heard as [r] (15.1 s)
“continue”Partly6 of 8 sounds match: [n] is heard as [ɲ]; [j] is missing (18.8 s)
“who”Needs work1 of 2 sounds match: [h] is heard as [ɑ] (24.4 s)
Words not recognized clearly (every sound counts as 0)
the first “the”Unrecognized2 sounds (2.1 s)
the first “android”Unrecognized5 sounds (2.2 s)
“hot”Unrecognized3 sounds (5.0 s)
“and”Unrecognized3 sounds (6.0 s)
the second “android”Unrecognized4 sounds (7.5 s)
“drove”Unrecognized4 sounds (9.9 s)
“bottle”Unrecognized4 sounds (12.7 s)
“during”Unrecognized5 sounds (14.4 s)
the second “he”Unrecognized2 sounds (16.0 s)
“rehydrated”Unrecognized10 sounds (16.5 s)
“so”Unrecognized2 sounds (17.2 s)
“drone”Unrecognized4 sounds (20.9 s)
the sixth “the”Unrecognized2 sounds (23.0 s)
“ordered”Unrecognized3 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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Vlad, MyAccentWay American accent training student
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VladPower Engineer
Russian speaker

“It feels amazing when people say, ‘Your accent is so good. Where did you learn it?’ My answer is always, ‘Thanks to my great teacher, Alex.’”

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Before trainingScore by Prof. Alex57/100

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After trainingScore by Prof. Alex72/100

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Evaluated by Prof. Alex

Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist

Prof. Alex evaluated Vlad’s before and after recordings of the same story reading, word by word and sound by sound, against General American English, and documented measurable improvements in American English pronunciation after five months of training at MyAccentWay.

Read Prof. Alex’s Before Training Phonetic Evaluation→Read Prof. Alex’s After Training Phonetic Evaluation→
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Prof. AlexPh.D. Accent Coach,
Doctor of Education,
and professional linguist

Interactive American Accent Training, informed by Prof. Alex’s doctoral research. At MyAccentWay, he applies these interactive teaching principles through 2D Sound Motion Technology, active pronunciation practice, and personalized feedback, so students understand, train, and refine American English speech sounds instead of only listening and repeating. Learn more about Prof. Alex’s doctoral research.

02

Sound by sound

SoundResultExample (time)
Vowels
[i] street, heClose to General American2.9 s, 5.4 s, 9.6 s, 17.4 s
[ɪ] it, in, his, drink, this, device, the second “deliver”Close to General American4.4 s, 5.2 s, 14.6 s, 11.4 s, 19.8 s, 3.9 s, 19.4 s
[ɪ] the first “deliver”Needs workcloser to a long [i]: “deleever” (3.5 s) · common for Russian speakers
[ɛ] detectiveClose to General American23.4 s
[æ] the first “android”, “and”, the second “android”Unrecognized1.7 s, 5.7 s, 7.4 s, the words were not recognized clearly
[ɑ] garden, water (both)Close to General American10.9 s, 12.0 s, 13.2 s
[ɑ] hot, bottleUnrecognized4.9 s, 12.7 s, the words were not recognized clearly
[ɔ] importantPartlycloser to a pure [o] (20.6 s) · common for Russian speakers
[ɔ] orderedUnrecognized24.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly
[ʊ] couldClose to General American18.7 s
[ʊ] duringUnrecognized14.3 s, the word was not recognized clearly
[u] too, whoClose to General American4.9 s, 24.6 s
[ə] schwa in the, a, garden, continueClose to General American2.8 s, 5.4 s, 10.7 s, 12.5 s, 11.1 s, 18.9 s
[ʌ] some, from, of, wasClose to General American11.7 s, 12.4 s, 13.0 s, 4.5 s
[ɚ] the first “water”, deliver (both)Needs worka 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 American13.4 s
Diphthongs
[aɪ] drives, device, driveClose to General American2.3 s, 4.1 s, 15.2 s
[aɪ] dehydratedNeeds worka single [a] without the glide to [ɪ] (8.2 s) · common for Russian speakers
[aʊ] down (both)Close to General American2.6 s, 10.4 s
[eɪ] dehydratedClose to General American8.5 s
[oʊ] drove, so, droneUnrecognized9.9 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”Unrecognized1.7 s, 7.4 s, the words were not recognized clearly
Consonants
American [ɹ] in street, drives, drink, from, drive, garden, deliver, waterNeeds worka 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, whoNeeds workheard 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, hotClose to General American14.9 s, 18.5 s, 5.0 s
[ɾ] flap T in water (both), dehydratedNeeds worka 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 bottleUnrecognized12.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly
[tʰ] [pʰ] puff of air in too, detective, importantNeeds workthe 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), thisClose to General American5.3 s, 10.7 s, 19.8 s
[ð] the first “the” in “down the street”Partlycloser to [d] (2.8 s) · common for Russian speakers
[j] continuePartlyblended into a soft Russian [nʲ]: “contin-oo” (19.1 s) · common for Russian speakers
[l] deliver (both)Close to General American3.5 s, 19.5 s
[l̩] dark L in bottleUnrecognized12.7 s, the word was not recognized clearly
[v] deliver, device, drives, drive, ofClose to General American3.6 s, 4.0 s, 2.4 s, 15.5 s, 13.1 s
[z] was, his, drivesClose to General American4.6 s, 15.0 s, 2.5 s
[s] street, some, device, thisClose to General American2.9 s, 11.7 s, 4.3 s, 20.4 s
[w] was, waterClose to General American4.5 s, 11.9 s
[d] deliver, device, detectiveClose to General American3.4 s, 3.9 s, 23.2 s
[n] [ŋ] [k] [ɡ] [p] [f] [m]Close to General Americandown, drink, could, garden, important, from, some
Clusters and syllables
[ŋk] drinkClose to General American11.5 s
[kt] detectiveClose to General American23.6 s
[st] [str] streetClose to General American2.9 s, 5.5 s
[vz] drivesClose to General American2.5 s
No extra vowels after consonantsClose to General Americanno added vowels in street, drink, detective, important (3.2 s, 11.6 s, 23.6 s, 20.8 s)
Word stress
garden, dehydratedClose to General American10.8 s, 8.0 s
deliver, continue, important, detectiveNeeds workthe 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)Unrecognized1.7 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.

03

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 pointResultDetails (time)
Whole reading
Pitch rangeNeeds workabout 7 semitones (General American: about 11)
Sentence 1
Low start on “The”Unrecognized1.1 s, “The” was not recognized clearly
High tone on “android”Unrecognized1.7 s, “android” was not recognized clearly
High tone on “drives”Close to General American2.0 s
High tone on “down the”Needs workstays 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 American3.2 s
High tone on “deliver”Needs workstays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (3.4 s)
Fall at the end (“device”)Close to General American3.9 s
Sentence 2
High tone on “too”Unrecognized4.6 s, the pitch could not be identified clearly
High tone on “hot”Unrecognized4.9 s, “hot” was not recognized clearly
Low tone on “in the street”Needs workstays at Tone 2 and goes up a little; General American drops to Tone 1 (5.2 s)
High tone on “and”Unrecognized5.7 s, “and” was not recognized clearly
Low tone on “the” (the android)Unrecognized6.4 s, “the” was not recognized clearly
High tone on the second “android”Unrecognized7.4 s, “android” was not recognized clearly
Low tone on “was” (was dehydrated)Needs workgoes up to Tone 3 on a small word; General American keeps it at Tone 1 (7.7 s)
Fall at the end (“dehydrated”)Partlya small fall that stays near Tone 2; General American falls to Tone 1 (8.0 s)
Sentence 3
Low start on “He”Partlystarts a little above his normal voice level; General American starts lower (9.6 s)
High tone on “drove down”Unrecognized9.9 s, “drove” was not recognized clearly
Low tone on “some”Close to General American11.6 s
High tone on the first “water”Needs workstays low, between Tone 1 and Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (11.8 s)
High tone on “from a”Needs workdrops toward Tone 1; General American goes up to Tone 3 (12.1 s)
Fall at the end (“water”)Partlystays low but does not fall; General American falls clearly (13.1 s)
Sentence 4
High tone on “During his”Unrecognized14.3 s, “During” was not recognized clearly
Phrase break after “During his drive”Close to General Americanshort break (15.5 s)
High tone on “rehydrated”Unrecognized16.3 s, “rehydrated” was not recognized clearly
High tone on “so”Unrecognized17.0 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 workreaches only Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (18.8 s)
Low tone on “to” (to deliver)Partlystays at Tone 2; General American drops to Tone 1 (19.1 s)
High tone on “important”Needs workstays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (20.4 s)
High tone on “drone”Unrecognized20.8 s, “drone” was not recognized clearly
Low tone on “the” (the detective)Unrecognized22.5 s, “the” was not recognized clearly
High tone on “detective”Needs workstays at Tone 2; General American reaches Tone 4 (23.1 s)
Fall at the end (“it”)Close to General American25.0 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.

General AmericanVlad

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.

Sentence 1“The android drives down the street to deliver a device.”
Vlad compared with General American English intonation, sentence 1
Sentence 2“It was too hot in the street and the android was dehydrated.”
Vlad compared with General American English intonation, sentence 2
Sentence 3“He drove down the garden to drink some water from a bottle of water.”
Vlad compared with General American English intonation, sentence 3
Sentence 4“During his drive, he rehydrated so he could continue to deliver this important drone to the detective who ordered it.”
Vlad compared with General American English intonation, sentence 4
04

Connected speech

FeatureResultDetails (time)
Linking
“drives down”Close to General American2.3 s
“drink some water”Close to General American11.5 s
“continue to deliver”Close to General American19.1 s
“drove down”Unrecognized9.9 s, “drove” was not recognized clearly
“bottle of water”Unrecognized12.7 s, “bottle” was not recognized clearly
“ordered it”Unrecognized24.7 s, “ordered” was not recognized clearly
“and the android”Unrecognized5.7 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 American5.4 s, 10.7 s, 23.0 s
“of” → [əv]Close to General American13.0 s
“a” → [ə]Close to General American3.8 s, 12.5 s
“was”, “his” weak formsClose to General American4.5 s, 7.9 s, 14.9 s
“could” weak formPartlya full [kʊd] (18.7 s); General American reduces it
Pausing and phrasing
Pauses between sentencesPartlyclear 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 phrasesNeeds workstops 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 restartsPartlyhesitations before the second “android” (6.4 s) and before “rehydrated” (15.4 s)
Speed
Speaking rateClose to General Americanabout 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.

05

Speech measurements

These are acoustic measurements of the recording, compared with a General American model reading of the same story.

MeasurementVladGeneral AmericanResult
Speed
Speaking rate144 words per minute147 words per minuteClose to General American
Speed while speaking (pauses not counted)4.1 syllables per second3.8 syllables per secondClose to General American
Pauses longer than 0.2 s8 pauses, 5.5 s in total5 pauses, 3.7 s in totalPartly
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 moreNeeds work
Stress strength (stressed vs. unstressed syllable in the same word)
Louder+3.2 dB+5.3 dBPartly
Longer0.96×1.24×Needs work
Higher pitch+0.6 semitones+3.5 semitonesNeeds work
Rhythm
Contrast between long and short vowels6046Partly
Small words (the, to, a, was, of, in) compared with stressed vowels92% of the length77% of the lengthNeeds work
Pitch range
How far the voice goes up and down6.9 semitones11.3 semitonesNeeds work
Voice onset time (puff of air)
[p] [t] at the start of a stressed syllable: too, continue, detective, important18–88 ms, a weak puff66–110 ms, a clear puffNeeds work
Final consonants
Final consonants presentpresent in all recognized wordspresentClose to General American
Final consonants in unclear wordsthe first android, hot, and, the second android, drove, bottle, ordered—Unrecognized
Vowel placement (compared with General American vowels)
[i] street, dehydrated, hedistance 0.10 (reference)Close to General American
[ɪ] it, in, drink, his, this, importantdistance 0.70 (reference)Close to General American
[ɛ] detectivedistance 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] gardendistance 0.20 (reference)Close to General American
[ɑ] waterdistance 1.2 (the mouth is more open and the tongue is further forward)0 (reference)Partly
[ɔ] importantdistance 0.30 (reference)Close to General American
[ʌ] was, some, from, ofdistance 0.50 (reference)Close to General American
[u] too, continue, whodistance 0.50 (reference)Close to General American
[ɚ] waterdistance 0.50 (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.

06

Training plan

It is highly recommended to re-educate the whole sound system of American English, including intonation patterns and connected speech.
07

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.

  1. 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”.
  2. 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.
  3. American reference. Vlad’s reading was compared word by word with a General American English pronunciation model of the same story.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Connected speech. Prof. Alex checked linking, reduced small words and where Vlad pauses.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
Prof. AlexPh.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist · MyAccentWay

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This evaluation is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It reflects the professional opinion of Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist. It is based only on the single recording submitted for the Baseline Evaluation (the recording made before training).

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