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Originally Posted by dhampny
I have stopped reading on my Forma because of an issue I have with the Kobo English dictionary. Not their definitions but rather their pronunciations. For me, understanding the pronunciation of a word is almost as important as the definition of a word. When I began reading with the Forma and using their dictionary, I couldn’t understand how to use their pronunciations and, eventually, decided to contact Kobo support who told me that Kobo use the International Phonetic Association code in their pronunciation guide.
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I checked out the collection of dictionaries at the local library plus a dozen or so online variants. Of the 27 I looked at, 7 did not use the IPA for pronunciation. Two of those were Chinese language dictionaries that used pinyin and one was an antique dictionary that pre-dated the common use of IPA. One advantage to the use of IPA is that it is consistent as in my sample, the 4 American English dictionaries used 3 different phonemic systems for pronunciation.
Please note that this is in Canada not the USA.