Wikipedia IPA Speaker
This extension allows you to listen to IPA on Wikipedia.
What is Wikipedia IPA Speaker?
'Wikipedia IPA Speaker' is a free-to-use Chrome extension designed to improve your learning experience on Wikipedia. Instead of redirecting you to a generic IPA page when clicking an IPA text, this extension adds a play button next to each IPA notation. This functionality enables the users to listen to how the phonetic notations are pronounced, simplifying the phonetics learning process. Note: Icons for this extension are credited to Freepik (flaticon.com) and are licensed under CC 3.0 BY.
Stats
By:
russell.r.cohen
Rating:
3.31
(35)
Creation date:
2017-07-05
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Size:
35.77K
Stats date:
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Summary
If you click on IPA (international phonetic alphabet) text on wikipedia, it links to a generic IPA page, which is quite frustrating. This extension adds a play button next to IPA text to read it aloud.
Icons made by Freepik from http://www.flaticon.com is licensed by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (CC 3.0 BY)
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Useful for English pronunciation
- Simple and easy to use
- Helpful for understanding IPA characters
Cons
- Not designed to work with languages other than English
- Many pronunciation errors
- Frequent issues with the extension not working
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work/not working
- Pronunciation errors
- Expired certificate causing issues
- Useful for English pronunciation
Recent reviews
Works fine but pronounces ç like k (BE/AE pronunciation of hue vs cue).
Works fine but says k instead of ç (cue instead of hue).
Works fine but pronounces ç like k (BE/AE pronunciation of hue vs cue).
Safety
Risk impact
Wikipedia IPA Speaker is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Wikipedia IPA Speaker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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