Audiobooks.com: A product review

Audiobooks.com: A product review

Using the android app ‘Audiobooks.com’ is a new experience for me. I have been using audio books applications for the last one year. Previously, I have used ‘LibriVox Audio Books’, and my experience was sound. However, Audiobooks.com seems like an audiobook marketplace. Though they offer some free audiobooks, most of them are taken from LibriVox public domain. I have sorted out some good sides and some recommendations for this app below:

Good Sides:

A common platform for a lot of audio books in many niches e.g. free, paid, literature, science, language etc.

Can be browsed without logging in.

Collection for both free and paid books is huge.

 Recommendations

User interface is a bit problematic.

Sometimes, does not work properly and makes the phone static.

Should provide more free audiobooks.

Should include books in other languages than English.

  

Overall Rating

4 out of 5
Contributed by:

MD.DIDARUL ISLAM  

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English Pronunciation Awabe: A product review

English Pronunciation Awabe: A product review

English Pronunciation Awabe: A product review

I first started using an electronic pronunciation dictionary in 2016 while taking my ‘Phonetics and Phonology’ course. I am still using that application “Pronunciation Dictionary” developed by Bibooki. The core difference between that app and English Pronunciation Awabe is the later one provides a lot of specific pronunciation drills which are helpful for pronunciation remedy. The points below are my comments on this app:

Good Sides

It is easy to use.

Useful for practicing and correcting pronunciation.

Provides both British and American examples.

Recommendations

There is room for improving the interface.

No phonetic or phonemic transcriptions provided.

Full of advertisements, therefore very disturbing.

No option for offline use.

The sound recognition tool troubles sometimes.

Overall Rating

3.5 Out of 5

Contributed by:

MD.DIDARUL ISLAM  Read more: Cultures without Borders in the Globalized World   Identifying Linguistic Development of a 33 Months Old Bengali Child in Bangla Language