Hi Govind, First let me appreciate you for the work taken up.
And as far as Indian accent is concerned, you can make use of Sangeeta TTS which can be understood easily. Having said this, I must accept that I have never used it and hence don't know its pros and cons. -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: gvamsh...@gmail.com Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 1/3/10, Geetha Shamanna <gee...@millernorbert.de> wrote: > I think the best way to practice English comprehension is to listen to > stories and other material using Jaws. With Jaws, one has the distinct > advantage of being able to control the speed. In other words, one can set > Jaws to speak slowly until one masters the language. > I used Jaws extensively to listen to German text at slow speed when I > initially started learning German. > > Another advantage is that one can have Jaws repeat a piece of text as many > times as required. This can also be done with audio tape or CD, but there is > nothing easier than arrowing up a line in order to read a piece of text > again and again and in the process also check out the spellings when > necessary. > > Also, when using Jaws to read a piece of text, one can simultaneously have > an electronic dictionary such as WordWeb open in another window, pause > reading the text, and look up an unfamiliar word. This method can be hugely > beneficial when learning a foreign language, although the results become > apparent only a few months later. > > Encourage your students to read as much as possible. There is simply no > shortcut to mastering a language. > > Geetha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "harish" <har...@accessindia.org.in> > To: "Bijal Patel" <bijalpatel...@gmail.com>; > <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Spoken English with Indian accent for > teachingIndianstudentsneeded. > > > Hi > > Another easy resource is the radio. You get to listen to a variety of > acsents besides building up your knowledge and staying up to date on current > afairs. > > Regretably, even blind folks these days don't know how to use radio beyond > the FM band. > > One can use radio not only to learn english but one can learn many > languages. In some cities Gyan wani channel is also available run by IGNU. > There are so many option really and accessible , if one looks arround. > Harish. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bijal Patel" <bijalpatel...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Spoken English with Indian accent for teaching > Indianstudentsneeded. > > >> you must use listener's club audio megazin, published by BPA, Ahemdabad. >> It's helpful to fullfeel your requirement. There are short english >> stories, biography, teaching english grammer, english poem etc which are >> fully related with indian accent. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "govind reddy" <sgred...@gmail.com> >> To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:58 AM >> Subject: [AI] Spoken English with Indian accent for teaching Indian >> studentsneeded. >> >> >>> Dear list members: >>> This time, I desperately seek your help. >>> I'm taking up some English classes for a few visually impaired in >>> Hyderabad. The aim of these classes is to improve their level of >>> English to be able to understand and speak English, and land them in a >>> few call center jobs. . For this I thought of using some Audio >>> material downloaded from BBC web site. But these people couldn't catch >>> their accent, since they are purely from Telugu medium background and >>> unable to follow their pronunciation. Therefore, I need some good >>> Spoken english material with a good Indian accent that help them in >>> learning the language much faster. The point is that they are all the >>> visually impaired and finding it difficult to access or read the books >>> that are available. Therefore I resolved to use some material to show >>> them the accent and pronunciation. These material should also include >>> some situational dialogues to improve their vocabulary. >>> This also helps in securing a good job at list in Call center for a >>> temperary period. Later on they can learn some new courses and improve >>> their life style with the money earned from these call center jobs. >>> Apart from these, Any other tips and suggestions regarding this >>> program will highly be appriciated. >>> -- >>> It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few >>> virtues. 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