A quick follow up. What I’ve done in the interim since the feature is available as a paid subscriber is to add my own pronunciation to each flashcard. This can be done by double tapping on the edit button and going to the side of the flash card that you wish to record a voice clip. There’s a button where you can record yourself reading aloud the flashcard text. You can also upload an associated image, but this is irrelevant to me and I’d guess other VI users of this app. I simply used a pair of headphones with a microphone to avoid any voiceover feedback in the recordings.
Perhaps tedious at first, but you only have to do it once for each flashcard and after that, at least in my case, I can get a pronunciation more familiar to my ear. I was able to bang out a full set of 60 flashcards in less than 20 minutes. There are hundreds I’ll need to do, but I’ll do it as I go from word list to word list and just view it as another means of studying. Flashcards ++ has really been the most complete and accessible flashcard app I’ve played with and but for this one particular issue, it would be perfect. At least there’s somewhat of a workaround. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Flash card app with Mexico/Latin American Spanish TTS Hi Cristobal, I also use Flashcards ++, but I don't use the built-in text-to-speech because I use it for Latin, for which there isn't a text-to-speech option. I just looked at the app's settings and see that subscribers can access text-to-speech while offline. That suggests to me that if you don't subscribe, it uses an online text-to-speech engine, which is probably the Castilian Spanish one also used by Google Translate. Since you can use offline text-to-speech if you subscribe, it's possible that you would have more choice about which text-to-speech is used. I hope this is of some help. You could try contacting the developer; there's a Help link in Settings you can use to try. I got no response the one time I tried this, but maybe they'd respond to you since you would be talking about spending money on their app. Good luck, Anna On Mar 4, 2016, at 9:18 PM, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: Hello list, So I’m currently using FlashCards++ and like it a lot. It has everything I need and is completely Voiceover accessible. There is just one issue that is making me search for an alternative and even then, I don’t know if it’s even something that I can get around with another flashcard app or if it’s just something to do with iOS. To quickly summarize, I’m in the process of studying to obtain certification for Federal court Spanish language interpretation. I am indeed fluent in both Spanish and English, but as with anything, specialized fields have their own specialized terminology. Thus my desire to use flashcards as a study tool. With FlashCards++, the Spanish language TTS that is being used to pronounce the translated text is the Castilian Spanish (Spanish Spain) and not the preferred (in my case), the Spanish mexico that I have installed on my iPhone. I’ve got everything right as far as settings. Spanish Mexico is one of the languages in my language rotor and I have Spanish Mexico as one of my keyboard layouts. Nowhere on the device do I have Spanish Spain selected or installed as a dialect option. Nevertheless, when I tap over to the translated text that brings up the Spanish term, Voiceover pronounces it with a Castilian accent. FlashCards++ also has a speak text button similar to what can be found in Google Translate and similar apps, but again, when I double tap on it, the TTS is Spanish Spain. There’s of course nothing wrong with the Castilian accent, but it’s simply not what I’m used to and being in Southern California, it’s an accent that you’re really not going to come across too often. This is why I wish to have the Spanish Mexico/Latin American accent instead. Is anyone else using an alternative flashcard app that is Voiceover accessible and more importantly, if they’re using it for language learning purposes, are they able to use the Spanish Mexico TTS be it as a feature from within the app itself or does Voiceover pronounce it correctly in accordance to the language dialect installed on the device? The reason I think it may be something beyond the app itself is that the behavior is similar with other apps such as Google Translate, itranslate, and so on. It seems that the default TTS used by apps with a speak text option is the Spanish Spain dialect. I haven’t come across a way to change it to something else. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Cristobal -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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