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title: "Sounds of Speech - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Notice: This Contains English Only Content.  Spanish and German not included.  This application was originally designed at the University of Iowa to help students learning how the sounds of different "
---

# Sounds of Speech — United States

![Sounds of Speech App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/56/08/28/5608289c-3b65-c942-d9dc-14da247a5679/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [University of Iowa Research Foundation](https://apptail.io/developer/university-of-iowa-research-foundation-dYg) (United States)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 2.3/5 (46 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** edu.uiowa.enterprise.soundsofspeech
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 4.0.0 (released 2024-08-06)
**Original Release:** 2014-01-02
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id780656219)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/united-states)

## Sounds of Speech Description
Notice: This Contains English Only Content.  Spanish and German not included.

This application was originally designed at the University of Iowa to help students learning how the sounds of different languages are produced. Since its production, it has become a milestone for phonetics teaching tools around the globe.


Sounds of Speech™ provides a comprehensive understanding of how, physiologically, each of the speech sounds of American English is formed. It includes animations, videos, and audio samples that describe the essential features of each of the consonants and vowels of American English. Sounds of Speech™ is especially useful for students studying English as a second language. Features include:

## Sounds of Speech Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/54/71/9b/54719b4f-768c-9e0c-4069-112d0e90f9c5/mzl.zezethjb.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/22/c3/2a/22c32aef-8a65-d82e-c414-4857a38a22b9/mzl.nfpoftrk.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/0c/71/53/0c715338-b047-8db9-040b-ccd9267e713b/mzl.gqrrrrss.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/b1/fa/89/b1fa89fb-bf3c-12d9-e8a2-07bf87ffb2a9/mzl.evajpxpo.png/640x960.png)

## Sounds of Speech Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 9 (20%)
- 4 stars: 2 (4%)
- 3 stars: 4 (9%)
- 2 stars: 9 (20%)
- 1 stars: 22 (48%)

## Sounds of Speech Reviews in United States

### *---- "Adds schwa to plosives"
Not okay when trying to teach a child!
-- Clemennj, 2024-10-08

### *---- "Incorrect representations"
As a speech pathologist, I purchased this to show my students how to produce certain sounds.  Unfortunately, the animation of the tongue only represents what the middle of the tongue is doing, not the sides of the tongue.  For example, for the /s/ sound, the sides of the tongue brace against the hard palate.  The animation on the app, in contrast, suggests that the tongue never touches the hard palate to produce the /s/ sound.
-- SLP in FL, 2024-03-24

### *---- "Don't buy this app"
I found the website very interesting. I thought the app would be the same as the website (including the English language). This was a false propagandist. The application does not present any learning tools (it is not the same as the website). Don't buy this app. Whoever created this app stole US$3.90 (plus tax) from me!
-- Usuario_lesado_394, 2023-10-08

### **--- "What happened to the website?!"
I used to frequent the sounds of speech website when I was a SLP student. It was amazing and now doesn’t exist for English anymore and this app isn’t as good as the old website’s content. Why remove such a valuable resource for students and practitioners? Such a bummer
-- Giayi, 2021-10-30

### ***-- "Video quality is not good"
This app used to have excellent video quality. Something has happened and now they are degraded, pixelated, and show the video controls. Please fix. Thanks.

EDIT:  8/31/2021
Just following up.  Is this ever going to be fixed?
-- Masterjedi73, 2021-08-31

### ***-- "Not what is was Too Bad"
I used this site in the past and purchased the app hoping it was going to be similar to the desk top version.  While it offers more languages, I don’t care for the app version. Everything was on one page per sound on the desktop version. I could see both the animated and live model version.  It provided a profile and head on view. So much better before.  Now, I  have to jump between various pages and in the process lose the students attention and just not as effective. 

I will use it because I paid for it but may opt for other visuals
-- 123MASxoxo, 2021-04-28

### ***** "Great app"
I love this app! I wish that there were more languages, but I use it all the time.
-- 03'fkfnv,spaifhfndksk, 2021-03-25

### *---- "What happened to the German?"
The original website had German. Hopefully that will be added soon
-- chris seidler, 2021-02-02

### **--- "The animations are misleading"
The animations are misleading because the model pronounces final /p/ of “top” as aspirated when it is, in fact, unaspirated. She does this with all stops in word-final position. It’s incorrect. Moreover, there’s no modeling of the /t/ allophone [ɾ] as in “butter.”
-- PhonemePhan, 2020-12-20

### ***-- "Needs improvement"
I used to love this site because it would give you a list of words examples for each sound . Another downside of the app is that it doesn’t show you the sound for the complete word , rather it breaks it into parts but I want to be able to hear its pronunciation in both forms . As an English language student and linguistics student I find it a bit problematic not to have enough examples . Please make the app quality as good as your site . A big thanks though for all the good work you have already done .
-- eglantina S, 2020-04-18

### ***** "Great App for Graduate School"
I love this app!! I am a graduate student for speech and have used this app many times to double check place, manner and voice.  The app is very user friendly and straight forward.  I love the video examples in animation as well as the real life videos of people making each phoneme.  The app is also visually pleasing with clear colors of each anatomical structure.  A great tool during my schooling.
-- FarlkleQueenBee, 2019-08-12

### *---- "SLP"
Not worth purchasing for $5.00.  It is truly a waste of money.
-- friskybuscuit, 2019-02-28

### ***** "Great Teaching Tool for English Teachers"
I teach English as a second language. The combination of 1) video, showing a close-up of a face pronouncing the sounds, and 2) animation, showing a side view of the inner workings of lips, teeth and tongue, makes this a wonderful resource for my students.
-- St#1Apple, 2018-12-16

### *---- "Don't buy this!"
I was hoping this app would have all the features of the original web version. It is a very poor imitation. The web intro is misleading; it makes one think that Spanish phonetics are included. The fine print says not, but it's not a good practice to mislead.

Also, the app version has this confusing, non-standard notation of IPA symbols (not in brackets, as if they were letters), and what I presume are letters as subscript. This notation is not explained anywhere that I can find. What is a beginner to make of this?
-- cycle-eug, 2018-06-13

### **--- "Grrr I should have read closer"
I was on the website where they have English Spanish and German, so thought the app would have German. Nope, it doesn’t. Yes, it says that in the description. My bad. But still really annoying. I hoped that I could count on it being updated with German someday, but apparently the latest update was 2 years ago, so figuring it won’t. Dang it.
Update to add the animations of the voiceless stops and fricatives have voicing - “tuh” instead of “t” etc. This is terrible!! At least the videos are correct.
-- Tjack921, 2018-02-20

### **--- "No German"
It would be nice if there were German sounds like on the original website. Korean, English, Spanish, Chinese available despite the description that claims that only English is available.
-- Wiloq66, 2017-01-10

### *---- "Have potential"
This app offers you a multi-language chart but the Spanish area it's all wrong. This need to be fixed ASAP.
-- Lia182, 2016-09-08

### *---- "Dont buy it"
Useless and expensive.this  was a $5 total waste..don t buy it
-- Ivmarza, 2016-08-27

### *---- "I would not recommend it"
There were no slow motion or stop options. Only sound isolation.  The picture was really blurry. It would be nice if there were CV, CVC, VC options so that the different types of /r/ could be viewed
-- Phoebe Fairy, 2016-08-12

### ***** "Awesome work"
It would be way better if add the fluctuation of recording to compare the difference.
-- Alan～, 2016-03-21

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## Sounds of Speech Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Singapore | Education | #18 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Education | #25 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Education | #29 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Education | #30 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Education | #30 |
| Top Paid | India | Education | #31 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Education | #35 |
| Top Paid | China | Education | #53 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Education | #60 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Education | #73 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Education | #74 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Education | #75 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Education | #81 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Education | #85 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Education | #104 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Education | #115 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Education | #123 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Education | #123 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Education | #128 |
| Top Paid | United States | Education | #131 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Overall | #136 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Education | #141 |
| Top Paid | Algeria | Education | #146 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Overall | #161 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Education | #166 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Education | #176 |
| Top Paid | Israel | Education | #185 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Education | #210 |
| Top Paid | Nigeria | Education | #210 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Education | #212 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Education | #222 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Education | #227 |
| Top Paid | India | Overall | #231 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Education | #258 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Education | #281 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Education | #289 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Education | #302 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Education | #311 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Education | #315 |
| Top Paid | Russia | Education | #323 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Overall | #330 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Education | #338 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Education | #345 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Education | #351 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Education | #360 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Education | #374 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Overall | #378 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Education | #380 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Education | #383 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Education | #401 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Education | #423 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Education | #448 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | Education | #459 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Education | #461 |
| Top Paid | Peru | Overall | #465 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Education | #477 |

## Sounds of Speech Discovered Keywords
- sounds of speech
- phonetics

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## Sounds of Speech Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/united-states)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/china)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/south-korea)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/russia)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/germany)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/japan)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/australia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/canada)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/vietnam)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/colombia)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/denmark)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/austria)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/indonesia)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/belarus)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/netherlands)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/switzerland)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/saudi-arabia)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/spain)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/portugal)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/italy)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/lebanon)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/latvia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/madagascar)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/north-macedonia)
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- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/nigeria)
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- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/poland)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/romania)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/sweden)
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- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/thailand)
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- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/turkey)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/ukraine)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/sounds-of-speech-Aabe/united-arab-emirates)
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