Playing Sounds

You can play and listen to the pronunciation of a word in English and other languages that are selected on the description screen or words or text with the audio icon (native audio).

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Playback at high volumes may cause distortion. In such cases, lower the volume level.
When playing audio through speakers, please be careful not to disturb people around you.

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Selecting and playing a word in English, etc.
Playing a word or text with the audio icon
Adjusting the audio speed

Selecting and playing a word in English, etc.

In this example, we select and play “natural” on the “assess” description screen.

  1. Select the character string “natural”.
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  2. Select スピーカーアイコン and then [natural].
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    This plays the audio of the selected character string.

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    If there is more than one sound source, the audio list is displayed.
    To stop playback, select 停止ボタン. While the audio in an audio list is being played, selecting the same audio list again stops playback.
    If there is no sound source available for playback, a message is displayed.

Playing a word or text with the audio icon

  1. Select 音声アイコン.
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    The colors of the icon (音声アイコン) invert and audio for the word is played.

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    To stop playback, select 停止ボタン.

Adjusting the audio speed

You can adjust the speed of audio playback (speaking speed) in five steps.

  1. Select an option and then [音声速度](Audio speed).
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    This displays the pulldown menu of the audio speed settings.
  2. Select the desired audio speed.
    The available audio speed settings are as follows:

    • [最高速] (Highest) mode: 250 words per minute (77%)
    • [高速] (High) mode: 225 words per minute (83%)
    • [標準] (Standard) mode: 200 words per minute (100%)
    • [低速] (Slow) mode: 175 words per minute (117%)
    • [最低速] (Slowest) mode: 150 words per minute (133%)

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    チェックマーク is displayed for the current audio speed setting.