{"id":3489683,"date":"2026-04-29T12:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/google-translate-now-allows-you-to-practice-your-pronunciation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:34:29","slug":"google-translate-now-allows-you-to-practice-your-pronunciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/google-translate-now-allows-you-to-practice-your-pronunciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Translate now allows you to practice your pronunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-translate-now-allows-you-to-practice-your-pronunciation.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Translate has reached its 20th anniversary, and in honor of this milestone, the company has introduced a new capability that allows users to practice their pronunciation and articulation of words and phrases in various languages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon translating a word, sentence, or phrase, you can access the \u201cPractice\u201d menu to locate a \u201cPronounce\u201d button, which provides you with phonetic guidance that you can vocalize to refine your speaking of the translated content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The application then evaluates your pronunciation and provides feedback, such as \u201cCertain sounds were somewhat ambiguous.\u201d You also have the option to hear the application\u2019s pronunciation of the text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature is being introduced in the U.S. and India, supporting English, Spanish, and Hindi at this time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marking 20 years of Google Translate and\u2026 the debut of a highly requested feature! \ud83c\udf82<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges in mastering a new language is perfecting the nuances of pronunciation. Now, you can receive immediate feedback with &#8220;pronunciation practice,\u201d powered by AI\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DdMfiMB9dz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Fox (@thefox) April 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This functionality is similar to Duolingo in that it allows users to practice articulating words and phrases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the firm launched its live headphone translation feature on iOS and broadened its accessibility on Android devices to Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-translate-now-allows-you-to-practice-your-pronunciation.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Translate has reached its 20th anniversary, and in honor of this milestone, the company has introduced a new capability that allows users to practice their pronunciation and articulation of words and phrases in various languages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon translating a word, sentence, or phrase, you can access the \u201cPractice\u201d menu to locate a \u201cPronounce\u201d button, which provides you with phonetic guidance that you can vocalize to refine your speaking of the translated content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The application then evaluates your pronunciation and provides feedback, such as \u201cCertain sounds were somewhat ambiguous.\u201d You also have the option to hear the application\u2019s pronunciation of the text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature is being introduced in the U.S. and India, supporting English, Spanish, and Hindi at this time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marking 20 years of Google Translate and\u2026 the debut of a highly requested feature! \ud83c\udf82<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges in mastering a new language is perfecting the nuances of pronunciation. Now, you can receive immediate feedback with &#8220;pronunciation practice,\u201d powered by AI\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DdMfiMB9dz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Fox (@thefox) April 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This functionality is similar to Duolingo in that it allows users to practice articulating words and phrases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the firm launched its live headphone translation feature on iOS and broadened its accessibility on Android devices to Germany, Spain, France, Nigeria, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, Bangladesh, and Thailand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3489684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3489684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}