New Voice Comparison Feature!
We are excited to announce that on Monday, Mango launched our new voice comparison feature.
This feature is automatically included in your current subscription at absolutely no charge!
Voice comparison helps users improve their speaking skills. It’s completely integrated within each Mango Basic Lesson (currently not in the Complete version). All you need is a microphone and a passion for perfectly proper pronunciation!
This is how it works: after a user completes a slide, the voice compare button will appear. They can then record their voice and play it back to hear themselves speak. In addition, they can align a visual representation of their recording with the native speaker’s version for comparison. Users may adjust their pronunciation until it lines up with ours–they’ll be speaking like a native in no time!
Want to see a one-on-one demo? Contact us at a 877-Mango-11.
10 Responses to New Voice Comparison Feature!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:25am
I’ve tried to access this feature on two different computers but can’t get the record feature to work so I can hear my voice. Any suggestions.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:05pm
Not sure – as we have had no other support tickets for this issue. I will let our Tech Support staff know and they will be in touch.
May 13th, 2010 at 4:29pm
Is there any particular kind of microphone that should be used, or would any work?
May 13th, 2010 at 5:07pm
Hi Jim -
Any microphone that is supported by Flash should work great!
Thank you for your question.
Beverly
June 16th, 2010 at 5:15pm
I am encountering the same problem where I cannot get the voice comparison recording feature to work. The controls are “greyed” out. I am not using a webcam / microphone, only a headset with a microphone that plugs into the microphone jack. Should this feature work with a headset / microphone, or will it only work with a webcam / microphone?
June 17th, 2010 at 6:51pm
@Michael If you right click anywhere in the window and select “Settings…” from the menu that pops up, you should get a window that has 5 tabs along the bottom. One of those tabs should have a little microphone icon on it, and if you click on that it should bring up the microphone configuration for our program. Flash doesn’t always properly detect your microphone, so you may need to select a different one from the dropdown, or raise the volume.
If that doesn’t work, try updating your Flash Player to the latest version by going to http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-FLASH and installing the version they suggest.
August 15th, 2010 at 1:48pm
A4tech and Logitech both makes great sounding headset microphone*;”
October 19th, 2010 at 12:52am
Headset microphones that are made by A4tech are for the most part sufficient for voice applications`.~
November 12th, 2011 at 1:33am
I’ve upgraded Flash and accessed the settings as Stephen described above – volume is turned up and Mango authorized. Still the play button is greyed out. I’m using Safari on a Mac
November 14th, 2011 at 11:34am
Hi Joanne -
The quickest way to get this resolved is to call our support desk or submit a ticket here: http://www.mangolanguages.com/support/
The support Elves are way smarter than us bloggers about this sort of thing.
Thanks again for stopping by!