Institutions and Organisations
Institute of Phonetic Sciences, International Phonetic Association, U. W. Linguistic Phonetics Laboratory, UCL Phonetics and Linguistics, University of Cambridge Phonetics Lab, University of Essex Department of Language and Lin
International Phonetic Alphabet
Alternative Systems, Fonts, A Sound Reference to the IPA, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Unicode ?Key, International Phonetic Association, IPAScript, Say..., The IPA in Unicode, Typing IPA symbols in Word for Windows & Notep
Software
Development System for Auditory Modelling, IPACLICK, JavaSpeechLab, JSyn - Java Audio Synthesis, Optimality Theory Software, Praat - A system for doing phonetics by computer, Speech Filing System Home Page, Speech Synthesis and Analysis Software, Speech Visualization Software Tools, Transcriber
Tutorials
English phonemic transcription, English Phonetics and Phonology, FeaturePad and PhonologyPad, General Phonetics, Interactive Sagittal Section, IPA Self-Test, Linear Predictive Vocoder as a Model for Human Spe, On-Line Phonology course, Spectrogram Reading, Speech Analysis Tutorial
Acoustics of the vowel
Experiments concerning the physical characteristics of vowels: formants and pitches (F0), formant pattern ambiguity, formant number alteration. Important for all sciences related to speech, acoutsic phonetics, speech therapy and speech recognition.
Analytic Listening: A New Approach to Ear-Training
Paper on a method for ear-training and auditory skill assessment of students of phonetics.
Anatomy of the vocal tract
Diagram and descriptions of the places of articulation.
Auditory scales of frequency representation
Overview of conversion equations and suggestions as to when it is appropriate to use Hz, semi-tones, mel, bark, and ERB.
Contrasted Phonology of English and Portuguese Vow
English, Portuguese, and Spanish vowels are discussed, and possible errors of Portuguese-speaking students of English are examined.
English Conversational Grunts
Contains speech samples illustrating the phonetic diversity of non-lexical items in conversation, such as uh-huh, mm-hm, nn-hnn, nyeah, m-kay, together with discussion of their pragmatics.
Four Tones and Downtrend
Preliminary report on pitch realization in Mambila, a language with four level tones.
How to Pronounce "Ghoti"
Brief analysis of why "ghoti" may be pronounced as "fish".
Infography about Phonology
List of mostly print resources on phonology recommended by a professor who specializes in phonological research.
Linguistic Annotation
Tools and formats for speech and text annotation
Linguistics and Phonetics Worldwide
Virtual library of linguistics and phonetics.
Magical Letter Page
Site regarding phonosemantics, the meaning of sound.
Phonetics: The Sounds of English and Spanish
Animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish and English.
Phonological Atlas of North America
Results of a telephone survey of the major urbanized areas of the U.S. and Canada.
Prosody on the Web
Introduction to prosody, including chunking, focus, and pitch.
Rutgers Optimality Archive
Contributed-content index of Optimality Theory information. Searchable or browseable data, submission and update forms, font and utility downloads, links to other collections.
Socrates
Links to internet resources in phonetics and speech communication.
Sound examples from the dissertation
Dissertation of Matthias Jilka on "The Contribution of Intonation to the Perception of Foreign Accent" [Postscript and PDF]
Sounds of the World's Animals
How animal sounds are represented in various languages.
Speech Accent Archive
Archive of foreign accents recorded in English. Phonetic transcriptions and phonological generalizations are provided.
Speech Internet Dictionary
Comprehensive dictionary of terms used in phonetics and linguistics
Speech on the Web
Links to pages related to phonetics and speech sciences.
Speech Web Sites
Variety of links to mainly acoustics-related sites.
Spoken Language Corpus
Summary of work on spoken language at Göteborg University, including discussion of Modified Standard Orthography (MSO). [by Allwood et al, Göteborg University]
Studying Phonetics on the Net
List of categorized links concerning the study of spoken English.
Talking Heads
Contains information concerning speech synthesis, vocal tract modeling, facial animation, and the McGurk effect.
Teaching English Intonation with a Visual Display
Paper on the use of fundamental frequency displays for teaching English intonation. [by Richard Stibbard]
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000 words and their transcriptions.
The Kiel Intonation Modell (KIM)
Paper on "The Kiel Intonation Model (KIM), its Implementation in TTS Synthesis and its Application to the Study of Spontaneous Speech."
The Rhythmic Speech Museum
Concerns rhythm in speech.
The SpeechDat Project
Database of recordings of speech in various languages.
Virtual Language Laboratory
Online language laboratory providing pronunciation practice and accent correction in a number of languages.
Vowel Charts
Acoustic vowel charts of various languages [by Antti Iivonen, University of Helsinki Department of Phonetics]
Vowels and Consonants
Collection of sound and speech examples of hundreds of languages and dialects. [by Peter Ladefoged, UCLA]