Interactive IPA
The app is brought to you, and voiced, by Paul Meier, a theatre professor specializing in voice, speech, accents and dialects, phonetics, heightened text, and Shakespeare; a renowned dialect coach for theatre and film; and a voice-over artist with many commercials and audio books to his credit. This has been his calling for more than 40 years, in his native London, in the United States where he is now based, and all over the world. He holds a first-class Certificate of Proficiency from the International Phonetic Association.
Among many of the famous directors with whom Meier has worked is Oscar winner Ang Lee, who says, “Paul [is] invaluable in maintaining dialect and ensuring clean, clear speech. … He has a great feel for the language, … and Paul’s contribution [to my film] through speech, voice, and dialect was crucial.”
In addition to the official IPA charts, this app presents one extra chart of Meier’s own devising: diphthongs and triphthongs of American and British English. The app is designed by Scott Means, based upon the official charts of the International Phonetics Association and an original interactive design by Eric Armstrong.
Please note that this app works best with Android versions 6.0 and newer. (Older Android versions might have difficulty displaying information and enabling page scrolling.)
Category : Education
Reviews (19)
After reading that some people had experienced problems with the app, I updated my software on my Samsung tablet. At first the app didn't work properly. Then I was promoted to update again. I then deleted and reinstalled the app and it is now working perfectly. So if you have a Samsung tablet, make sure you update the software and all your apps.
Found this via the link on the York IPA site, which has been my go-to for many years ever since I found it during my linguistics undergrad. Not sure what the previous reviewer is on about, it is absolutely interactive and has the same high quality and reliable pronounciations as the York site (which is soon to die due to the coming obsolescence of Flash). I don't even do linguistics anymore but I wanted to have access to these recordings because they are that good!!!
It opens horizontally and won't let you navigate , it's stuck in the "about" page and the segues won't work, so y I cannot access the content, it says this doesn't work for older versions of android but I'm using a fairly new one
I really wanted to love the app because I've heard great things, but I'm accessing on a google pixel 4 and it won't let me access anything beyond the first page. Hopefully there is a fix for this soon. I tried downloading and reinstalling twice, and my system is up to date.
The app don't work. Was unable to swipe left and right to access the content of the app. Stuck on first page. I'm on a Samsung s9 and all up to date. The apple looks a feels unfinished. Defiantly needs a redesign and a more a mondon touch.
Doesn't work on a Android Samsung Galaxy S7. The app opens to the title screen (but only in landscape orientation), but you cannot swipe to other pages or even find a menu.
I couldn't scroll to see the content. I really wanted it to work because it would've helped with my phonetics course. Such a shame :( Edit: I downloaded it on my iPad and it works perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll be reviewing this in the app store, too.
The application has stopped working properly. Apart from the first page, nothing is accessible. Please fix the app. Thank you
Hi, for some reason the app is now not usuable past the first page. I'm using it on Samsung s10 5G and it use to work fine. However since an update its now not usable. Great app when it's working though
The app is unusable on a pixel phone. You can't swipe left or right to navigate through the pages.
Can even get to the chart part of the app. These chart are amazing, but I am not paying 4 dollars for no access. Too bad. Wish it worked.
Misleading and NOT INTERACTIVE. No, not even a little bit. Should be expunged from the App Store immediately. Freevapps do a h*** of a lot more.
Did not work on brand new Moto G Power phone, March 2021, running Android 10. That's too bad, as I was really looking forward to it.
Why would you not fix the issue every one is having? Software is up to date, app is unusable, waste of time and money
My Samsung refuses to swipe between pages, so I tried to reinstall but don't want to pay again! Request for refund via the option failed .... :-( What next?
Updated software and reinstalled etc as suggested but nothing works. A great shame as I loved this app! (Samsung Galaxy s10e)
Didn't work as stated by others. Can't swipe off of intro screen.
Wish it worked.
Does what it says. Easy to use, and the recordings are great. I think if you really want the IPA sounds on your phone and you don't mind spending a couple bucks for it, this is the best option I've found. That being said, the UI looks fairly out-of-date, and the swiping mechanic behaves strangely. Definitely has the feeling of a side project. With a nicer, more modern interface, this would easily be worth the $4. Edit: I removed the part about the launcher icon, since that may be due to my OS.