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The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY PORTABLE WITH PRONUNCIATION WHICH MAY HELP US MORE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS PARALLELY WHILE ENRICHING OUR VOCABULARY. ALSO IT’S THE PORTABLE ONE SO NO NEED TO INSTALL IT JUST RUN THE EXE AND USE IT.

EXTR @ - one of the best training programs colloquial German language.
This is the latest development of British television "Shannel 4" for those who want to quickly learn to understand and confidently speak German. You do not need a tutor.The program EXTR @ you get a unique opportunity in the shortest time possible to extend your vocabulary and learn perfect pronunciation.

Tell Me More, the world's leading software for language learning, is valued by users and teachers alike for its speech recognition technology and personalized language courses. Tell Me More now counts more than five million satisfied users worldwide. Global leading organizations have placed their trust in Tell Me More, including the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Government, the FBI, the Canadian Federal Government, EDS, BMW, Carnival Cruise Lines, Mercedes, and more. Used everyday in more than 10,000 academic institutions, this latest version evaluates your progress as you learn, and uses your results to suggest the activities and exercises best suited to your needs, just as a teacher would. The package includes levels Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, and contains 3,600 exercises, organized in 35 different types of activities. All the skills critical to learning English are addressed including reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. With more than 750 hours of learning, this is the most extensive offer on the market to help you learn English.
750 hours of learning
Learn English with TELL ME MORE, THE international standard for language learning software
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Existing functionality retained from earlier versions includes:
· Installation to the hard drive, so the CD is not required during use of the Dictionary
· Options to customize the entry display and show or hide pronunciations, spellings, etymology, and quotation text
· Flexible full text search options, with search filters and an option to rank entries and search results alphabetically or by date

This multilingual dictionary contains more than 150 dictionaries of various types for 14 languages and allows users to translate words and phrases from Russian to English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Latin and back.
The dictionary entries contain detailed information on each word and word combination with possible translation, usage examples from real sources (such as books, newspapers and other publications), grammatical descriptions, synonyms, antonyms, spelling alternatives, phonetic transcriptions and audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.

This multilingual dictionary contains more than 150 dictionaries of various types for 11 languages and allows users to translate words and phrases from Russian to English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Latin and back.
The dictionary entries contain detailed information on each word and word combination with possible translation, usage examples from real sources (such as books, newspapers and other publications), grammatical descriptions, synonyms, antonyms, spelling alternatives, phonetic transcriptions and audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.

The cost-effective alternative to the recording studio. Voice Reader Studio has the professional features that save time and money-intensive trips to the recording studio. Videos, presentations, etc. are recorded in no time at the touch of a button. The audio files created can be circulated to a large listenership.Recommendation: Voice Reader Studio is perfect for professional use.

Test the excellent sound quality in our audio samples. Brockhaus multimedial appreciates the exceptional speech quality of Voice Reader Studio and has opted to use it for the sound-tracking of all 260,000 lexicon articles in the 2008 version. Have a listen!

This newly updated edition of America's favorite dictionary features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Among the 500 entries new to this update are Amber Alert, blogosphere, gravitino, halo effect, hawala, lycopene, malware, micropolis, proteome, Qi Gong, SARS, shout-out, speed dating, sudoku, Texas hold'em, text message, and wiki. The renowned American Heritage® Usage Panel, a group of more than 200 distinguished writers, scholars, and scientists, offers advice on problems of grammar and style; engaging notes explain word histories and clarify differences among synonyms; thousands of quotations and example sentences show words in context; and elegant definitions are enhanced by 4,000 full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, making this one of the most readable dictionaries available anywhere. This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable Windows® / Mac® CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the updated Fourth Edition, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more than 260,000 synonyms. The CD-ROM has spell-check capability and can be used in conjunction with any Microsoft® Office application to get definitions at the click of a mouse.

All Clear! Idioms in Context (Book 2) + MP3 Audio [2nd Edition]
Considered by some as the best idioms books on the market, these enticing texts splash through the world of idioms with an irresistible charm! Each two-color book offers 8-12 units of theme-grouped idioms. Each idiom is introduced with a humorous illustration where needed, a clear definition, background on its origin, and sample sentences.

The idioms are then followed by mini-dialogues, dictations, pronunciation work, listening exercises, and discussion and writing tasks. After every few units there is a sensational review section filled with off-the-beaten path practices, from puzzles to tic-tac-toe! The audio components provide recordings of natural conversations and material for the listening exercises.

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Highlights
2,000 hours of English learning and 10 different levels 
TELL ME MORE® PERFORMANCE is the most comprehensive method on the market, allowing you to choose from 10 distinct levels of content, from Complete Beginner to Expert. 

10,000 exercises 
Covers all the skills to learn English: speaking and listening, reading and writing, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. Learn in an interactive way with dialogues, speech recognition and other cutting edge software. 

The most powerful speech recognition technology on the market 
TELL ME MORE® PERFORMANCE includes the latest speech recognition technology, giving you the most effective way of assessing your pronunciation. You will improve your English conversational skills with graphs and 3D animations, while interactive dialogues with the computer make your English learning experience fun. 

10 hours of video 
Full immersion in the language and culture through cultural videos – or play the part of a character in the Role Play activity. 

Pronunciation Power 2 is interactive and user-friendly. It is designed for intermediate to advanced English learners of all ages and contains hundreds of hours of instruction and practice.

* Learn the 52 sounds necessary to speak clear English
* Compare your voice to the instructor's voice using the waveform technology
* See how sounds are made by way of a moving animated side view of the mouth and tongue and/or a front view video of the instructor's mouth
* Test your listening ability with 650 different sentence exercises
* Practice your pronunciation through the interactive and exciting exercises including: 780 sample words, 1040 comparative words, and 1040 different sentences
* Includes an extensive 40 page manual for the STAIR exercises; stress, timing, articulation, intonation, rhythm

TextAloud is the leading text to speech program, available with exciting premium voices (including several languages) from ATT, Cepstral and NeoSpeech for the best in computer speech for your PC. TextAloud uses voice synthesis to convert text into spoken audio.
Listen or your PC or create MP3 or WMA files for use on portable devices like iPods, PocketPCs, and CD players. A batch file converter lets you convert audio files quickly from any number of documents.
A new improved interface with support for skins handles multiple documents with ease and includes voice, pitch and volume adjustments on the main window so you can customize voices while TextAloud is speaking.

WordWeb is a comprehensive one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words from almost any program, showing definitions, synonyms and related words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and sounds-like links.
Wordweb is a feature rich software that does much more than a paper dictionary or thesaurus. WordWeb is truly a Word Web - each set of synonyms is linked to other related sets. Look up "tree", click on the "Types" tab and you'll have a list of different types of tree. Click on "Part of" and WordWeb will tell you that a tree can be part of a "forest" or "wood".
The comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary includes:
Definitions and synonyms
Proper nouns
Related words
Pronunciations
150 000 root words
120 000 synonym sets
Fixed web reference tabs

Lingoes is an easy and intuitive dictionary and text translation software, It offers lookup dictionaries, full text translation, capture word on screen, translate selected text and pronunciation of words in over 80 languages
These language are English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Arabic, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Thai and more...

A1 SpeechTRON is a powerful Text to Speech Voice Synthesizer application that is extremely useful for converting English Text to Speech. It can be used to read notes, documents, e-mails, e-books etc. It can convert any type of English text to voice that is typed or pasted into its text Window.The TTS application can also be used as an Educational tool to learning English pronunciation and Vocabulary building as well. The Text to Speech Synthesizer runs on all Windows Systems and has adjustable Speaking Speeds and Voice Tones, as well as Aesthetically designed User Interface. The program comes with a realistic embedded Speech Engine in that gives a very high quality speech synthesis.

New Cambridge Advanced English is the revised and updated edition of the popular Cambridge Advanced English. The course has been completely redesigned in full colour and its stimulating reading and listening extracts have been supplemented with new authentic reading texts and interviews. Theme units, providing practice in spoken and written fluency, alternate with language units which develop accuracy in grammar, vocabulary, functions and pronunciation. In addition, New Cambridge Advanced English now contains exam-style exercises designed specifically to prepare candidates for the Cambridge CAE exam. The approach to the exam is low-key, however, with guidance and notes on exam-style exercises given in the Teacher`s Book only. When used in conjunction with CAE Practice Tests, New Cambridge Advanced English makes the ideal preparation for the exam, and is especially suitable for mixed classes of exam candidates and non-candidates.

Product Description
The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work. Sixty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. Each unit is supported by audio material in range of accents, available on audio CD. An additional reference section offers a glossary of specialized terms, help with the pronunciation of numbers and geographical names and fun exercises on phonemic symbols and minimal pairs. The CD-ROM provides a wide variety of additional interactive activities to reinforce the pronunciation covered in the book, as well as tests, progress checks, games and animated diagrams of the mouth showing learners how to produce individual sounds. Students can also record themselves and compare their pronunciation with one of the many models provided.

Book Description
The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work, and is now available with a unique, new CD-ROM for additional interactive practice.

The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work. Fifty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. Each unit is supported by audio material in a range of accents, available on audio CD. An additional reference section offers a glossary of specialized terms, help with the pronunciation of numbers and geographical names and fun exercises on phonemic symbols and minimal pairs. The CD-ROM provides a wide variety of additional interactive activities to reinforce the pronunciation covered in the book, as well as tests, progress checks, games and animated diagrams of the mouth showing learners how to produce individual sounds. Students can also record themselves and compare their pronunciation with one of the many models provided.

Product Description
The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work, and is now available with a unique, new CD-ROM for additional interactive practice. This pack contains the best-selling English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate, four audio CDs and a CD ROM that gives extra practice exercises, games and tests for self-study learners wanting to improve their pronunciation.

Book Description
The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work, and is now available with a unique, new CD-ROM for additional interactive practice.

Quick dynamic search of words while you type
Audio pronunciations (through additionally installed sound modules)
Hyperlinks between different related words
Handy custom filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
Fuzzy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
Dynamic changing of font sizes
History lists of visited words
Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
Fullscreen support
Page scrolling mode added
Ability to select and change the language for MSDict menus and messages. The supported languages are- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Russian and Portuguese.
Copy single words, selected paragraphs or whole word definitions in external programs on your phone
Two different work modes- View and Selection for your convenience when browsing word definition.

The perfect choice for advanced-level students wanting to build their vocabulary skills. English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced includes over 2,000 new words and expressions which are presented and practised in typical contexts appropriate to this level. The accompanying CD-ROM provides interesting and enjoyable exercises to further challenge the learner, as well as extra listening practice and help with pronunciation. The book is informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that the vocabulary selected is useful and up to date. A test book is also available for extra practice. Ideal for self study or classroom use.

Rosetta Stone software is built around a concept called Dynamic Immersion, an unique learning method that uses a computer to mimic the ways in which you learnt your first language. This approach is simple, but incredibly effective as it allows your brain to adapt quickly as your knowledge grows.

Our language courses are highly interactive and visually engaging and we'll never ask you to translate back into your native language or memorise vocabulary lists. Instead you'll learn through a complete immersion process. Relate what you see and hear to familiar, real-life images and situations. Practise and perfect your pronunciation against native speakers using our innovative voice recognition technology and receive immediate feedback to help consolidate and reinforce your learning.
You’ll experience continuous progress and regular breakthroughs because our Adaptive Recall technology remembers language you find difficult initially and reintroduces it at optimal intervals during the course; helping you understand and retain language for use in the real world.

Rosetta Stone software is built around a concept called Dynamic Immersion, an unique learning method that uses a computer to mimic the ways in which you learnt your first language. This approach is simple, but incredibly effective as it allows your brain to adapt quickly as your knowledge grows.

Our language courses are highly interactive and visually engaging and we'll never ask you to translate back into your native language or memorise vocabulary lists. Instead you'll learn through a complete immersion process. Relate what you see and hear to familiar, real-life images and situations. Practise and perfect your pronunciation against native speakers using our innovative voice recognition technology and receive immediate feedback to help consolidate and reinforce your learning.
You’ll experience continuous progress and regular breakthroughs because our Adaptive Recall technology remembers language you find difficult initially and reintroduces it at optimal intervals during the course; helping you understand and retain language for use in the real world.

Voice Reader Studio has the professional features that save time and money-intensive trips to the recording studio. Videos, presentations, etc. are recorded in no time at the touch of a button. The audio files created can be circulated to a large listenership.

Recommendation: Voice Reader Studio is perfect for professional use.

The benefits at a glance:
# Fast and efficient conversion from text to audio (32 KBit/s – 160 KBit/s)
# Male and female voices to choose from (only available for British English and German)
# Easy to use editor function for correcting default pronunciation
# Saving specific pronunciation properties in speaker profiles
# Integrating sound effects
# Easy pronunciation, dialog and pause control
# Licensed unlimited distribution of created audio files

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY PORTABLE WITH PRONUNCIATION WHICH MAY HELP US MORE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS PARALLELY WHILE ENRICHING OUR VOCABULARY. ALSO IT’S THE PORTABLE ONE SO NO NEED TO INSTALL IT JUST RUN THE EXE AND USE IT.