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PronounceAI™

PronounceAI™ allows you to upload reading assignments for your classes and lets the student read them. PronounceAI listens to the student read, and highlights incorrect and mispronounced words. PronounceAI speaks the word to the student for those words the student is missing or mispronouncing. PronounceAI tracks the student’s reading progress.

For beginner readers, PronounceAI offers a feature where the text can be read aloud to the students. This allows them to follow along with the text without the need to speak the words, providing a comfortable and supportive learning environment as they develop their reading skills.

Teacher Login

For existing users, enter email and PIN (personal identification number).

For new teacher users, click Register as New User, enter your email address, and you will be assigned a PIN. Record this PIN for later user. This serves as your passcode or password.

To upgrade from evaluation to full license, click License at top right of screen, and either enter school code (obtained from school administration) or enter credit card information.

Create New Class

Click Create New Class, and specify a name and class level, e.g., Ms. Smith Reading, 3rd grade.

Specify a Minimum Accuracy or use the default.

This is the minimum correctness level for words to be are judged to be mis- pronounced, and the student asked to re-speak the word.

The default is 30%. As the class reading improves, you can set this to a higher number, e.g., 60 percent or 90 percent.

Click Student List and then click Create New Student to enter a student name and optionally student email address. A Student PIN number is created for each student. Provide the unique PIN number to each student. The student uses this PIN number to login to PronounceAI.

For beginner readers, you can specify “Just Read to Student” and a reading rate, such as Pre-K or K. This provide for PronounceAI to read to them and allows them to follow along with the text without the need to speak the words.

Assignment Upload

To upload reading assignment for the class, type in a name for a reading assignment, e.g., See Jane Run, and then click Choose File to upload a text file, e.g., See Jane Run.txt If you do not specify a name for the assignment, the file name is used for the assignment name.

Or, you can click Assign under Library to choose assignments from a library of assignments we provide.

Canvas Upload

You can also upload student names and email addresses via a .CSV file from the education software called Canvas.

Tracking Reading Statistics

From the Class Screen, you can see the cumulative percentage of words missed for each student, and the cumulative pronouncement assessment score for those words not missed.

Click Assignments to see the reading assignments for each student and click Scores to see reading scores for that assignment.

Score is the number of correct words as a percentage of total words.

Assessment is the average pronunciation assessment percentage for correct words.

Mispronouncing a word versus totally misreading a word:

Here are examples distinguishing between mispronouncing a word versus totally misreading a word:

Mispronouncing the Word:

1.        Word: "Library"
*        Mispronunciation: Saying "libary" or “leberry” instead of "library."  
*        Explanation: The student skips the second "r," which is a common pronunciation mistake.

Totally Misreading the Word:
1.        Word: "Through"
*        Misreading: Reading "through" as "thorough."
*        Explanation: The student confuses it with another word that looks similar but has a different meaning and pronunciation.

Mispronouncing involves altering the sounds within the correct word, while totally misreading involves recognizing the word incorrectly and substituting it with another word.

Student Login

Enter the PIN number you were given by your teacher.

You will see a list of reading assignments.

Click Read next to the reading assignment you wish to read.

Read a sentence, and then the next sentence is shown. After the first word is highlighted you can start speaking the sentence.

You are visually prompted (by highlighted the word) to re-speak the word if the word is spoken incorrectly

Next, if the word is still spoken incorrectly, you are verbally prompted to re-speak the work.

Click a word to hear just that word.

When you finish reading the assignment, you will be taken back to the assignment screen, and you can click Scores to see your scores.

You can optionally click the arrows to go from one sentence to another.

Or, if the teacher has so specified, PronounceAI will read to you without asking you to speak any words.

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