Listening to the pronunciation of a word

Lingvo

Listening to the pronunciation of a word

- The LingvoSound dictionary (En-Ru) gives you an opportunity to listen to the pronunciation of the most common English words. Click on the loudspeaker button () to hear the headword pronounced in Received Pronunciation. You can also find this loudspeaker button on many cards of the LingvoUniversal dictionary (En-Ru).

Note: You will not be able to listen to the pronunciation of words if you chose not to install the LingvoSound dictionary.

To install the LingvoSound dictionary:

  1. Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel and click on Add/Remove Programs.
  2. In the opening window, select ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 English-Russian Edition (or ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 Multilingual Edition) and click Change. This starts the Lingvo InstallShield Wizard.
  3. Select Change and click Next. In the opening Custom Setup dialog, select the LingvoSound dictionary, click Next and follow the program’s instructions.