Forvo Alternatives

Forvo is described as ': the largest word pronunciation dictionary in the world, now with translations. All the words in all the languages pronounced by native speakers' and is a Dictionary in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Forvo for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best Forvo alternative is Artikulate, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Forvo are Bab.la, Howjsay, ELSA Speak and Shtooka.

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  1. Artikulate icon
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    Artikulate is a pronunciation trainer that helps improving and perfecting a learner's pronunciation skills for a foreign language. It provides courses with native speaker recordings for several training languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
    • Artikulate is the most popular Linux alternative to Forvo.

    • Artikulate is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Forvo.

    • Artikulate is Free and Open SourceForvo is Free and Proprietary
  2. Bab.la icon
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    The language portal bab.la is a free online platform for language lovers. We have 40 dictionaries for 28 languages, a language forum, vocabulary lessons, language games, quizzes, verb conjugation for 12 languages, phrase books for university, business or travel, an internship...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Bab.la is the most popular Web-based alternative to Forvo.

    • Bab.la is Free and ProprietaryForvo is also Free and Proprietary
  3. Howjsay icon
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    Pronounce words correctly with the world’s largest English pronouncing dictionary. Over 146,000 entries. One-step access to fast-loading, clear sounds.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    One can download the audio of a word pronunciation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Howjsay is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Forvo.

    • Howjsay is the most popular commercial alternative to Forvo.

    • Howjsay is Paid and ProprietaryForvo is Free and Proprietary
  4. ELSA Speak icon
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    ELSA is a virtual pronunciation coach, a mobile application to help everyone speak English like a native speaker. ELSA is an artificial intelligence teacher who will help you have perfect English pronunciation, practice frequently-used English words, phrases and communications.

    27 ELSA Speak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Doesn't have downloadable files for word pronunciations.

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    • ELSA Speak is Free and ProprietaryForvo is also Free and Proprietary
  5. Shtooka icon
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    The Shtooka Project is a multilingual database of audio recordings of words and sentences.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    One can download the audio of a word pronunciation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Shtooka is Free and ProprietaryForvo is also Free and Proprietary
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    PronounceHow is a language tool where you can listen pronunciation of words and phrases with audio online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Pronauns icon
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    Pronauns is a website to practice English pronunciation and speak more like a native speaker. Pronauns will help you to learn International Phonetic Alphabet and practice the pronunciation of words with wordlists categorized according to language levels or word frequencies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Spell4Wiki is a mobile application to record and upload audio for Wiktionary words to Wikimedia Commons. Spell4Wiki also act as a Wiki-Dictionary (word meaning from Wiktionary).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    RhinoSpike is a language learning tool that connects you with native speakers to exchange foreign language audio files. Get any foreign language text read aloud for you by a native speaker!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Lingua Libre is a project of the association Wikimédia France which aims to build a collaborative, multilingual, audiovisual corpus under free licence in order to:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Fun and an award-winning way to learn Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, British Sign Language and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • FlashSticks is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Forvo.

    • FlashSticks is Free and ProprietaryForvo is also Free and Proprietary
  12. Word2IPA icon
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    Word2IPA lets you look up individual words or paste entire phrases and see how they are pronounced in the IPA format. It's a perfect tool for language learners, linguists, or speech technology developers.

    13 Word2IPA alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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