Speak English Conversation App
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First of all, you need to learn the most frequently used words in English, common structures and sentence patterns, common expressions, common phrasal verbs, and idioms that are much used in daily life.
Next, you should learn daily conversations in English for speaking. Focus on every ESL conversation topic until you can speak English automatically and fluently on that topic before moving to the next one.
The following lessons cover 75 topics that you will face very often in your daily life. Each lesson is designed in form of ESL conversation questions and answers, followed by REAL English conversation audios, which will definitely benefit your English conversation practice.
I want to make a GPT where instead of having the user experience be typing out and having text based conversations, I want to have the conversation be able to happen with the GPT responding via voice and the user can also respond by voice.
Is there a way I can turn the GPTs responses to voice and also have the user respond via their voice and have the GPT respond via voice audio? So in short, I want to make the experience feel more like a natural conversation with someone rather than typing everything out.
Hi. After reading the information in this thread I have a question. Can I organize and set up simultaneous voice translation during an online meeting? If it is possible how can I technically realize it?
I am trying to wrap my head around how the Japanese speak and how that differs from kanji. On and Kun makes a difference when reading kanji, depending usually how the sentence is made up of kanas and kanji. But when speaking, do they speak in On and Kun as well? Do they pay attention how they say it compared to how they would write it out and then read that outloud?
From my understanding, you can technically write all in kana if you really wanted to, regardless how practical that would actually be, but it can be done. So when speaking do they take into account, "well I am saying this, which if I wrote it with kanji (assuming you knew the kanji to begin with), and since this word would be next to this kanji or not next to any kanji, I would have to say it this way to make sense."?
I've read that Japanese school children in general for their age/level, learn to speak Japanese first, then learn the kanas and then the kanji. Which I guess makes sense, especially if what I wrote above is true of you can basically write anything with the kanas. I've taken a similar approach due to my confusion, but fact checking with dictionaries to make sure it is accurate for the sound.
What I am seeing so far is that in hira Love (I guess general love) is AI. I search for the kanji and find it, but it has both On and Kun with the Kun being the AI sound. Same with To Meet in hira. The sound AU is used and again that is Kun when looking at the kanji. The dictionaries I have show the different meanings of a kanji, but I am not sure how they represent themselves in the On or Kun, just that they exist and these are the sounds with some having a few different ones.
In the end, people think in terms of spoken words and their meanings, with writing systems adding an extra layer of nuance or connections between words. This means that something like characters and readings would not be in the primary mental thought process for most conversations.
Kanji do have meaning on their own, but they aren't always words on their own. Some kanji only make one sound corresponding to one word. In these cases, it's a simple matter of learning the Kanji, the word and the pronunciation.
However most Kanji make multiple sounds depending on the context and can be used to form various very different words. It might be useful to start off thinking of kanji as cool letters that have some meaning or meanings associated with them and have different sounds depending on context. Think about the letter 'G'. sometimes it makes a sound like at the start of "Go," and sometimes it makes a sound like at the start of "Giraffe." G on it's own isn't a word unless there's some context to read it in. Kanji also require context to become words.
To answer your original question, the labels On'yomi and Kun'yomi only refer to the origin of a particular pronunciation of a Kanji with On referring to a pronunciation of Chinese origin and Kun referring to a pronunciation of Japanese origin. Japanese people use both On'yomi and Kun'yomi when they speak depending on which words they use.
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Sharing ideas, jumping into debates, and asking for what you want professionally can be scary. But speaking up in these situations is so important, especially in fast-moving tech companies where decisions are often made quickly and opportunities are given to those who show eagerness.
We need new voices at the table, and we need strong collaboration and communication within our organizations. In order to reach these important goals, we need to support each other. And so my final advice on being heard is to help others get heard, too. Once you have found your voice in the conversation, use it to make room for others who are facing the same challenges you once did. Give credit to your peers, interrupt on behalf of someone who is quietly trying to get a point in and help all the voices get heard. The result is going to be a more diverse set of opinions and ideas, which we all know results in better decisions in the end. And it will also result in a support system of friends at work, which makes every day more enjoyable.
"I've over time come to accept that this value of humility I was raised with is outdated," Michael Rain told me in my latest podcast interview. "It does not serve." He's not wrong. In a professional world ruled by digital and social media, people who make sure their work is known, get more opportunities. It's a fact.
"That's not to say people should be boastful, loud or braggadocious," Michael adds. "But you should not be silent about your skills and your accomplishments, especially when you are in situations where you're being evaluated. Because all you're doing is shooting yourself in the foot."
"What happens is over time, those are the people who end up getting the most success, therefore in more positions of power," Michael warns. "And then you just have this group of humble people still waiting around to be recognised for their work."
Ironically it would serve us all if the most humble people would get over it and show off a little. That's who we need to see rise if we hope to introduce more thoughtfulness, diversity, and yes humility, in corporate culture. But it's a very unnatural posture for most.
For immigrants like Michael and I and for anyone who's grown up in a culture that values humility and recognises collective successes over individual ones, this import of American capitalism feels especially uncomfortable. For years I managed a worldwide team of editors and inevitably, when came time to write a report for US bosses or a self-review for a promotion, they demurred. Surely the work should speak for itself, no? Actually, no. Work is mute.
You can do it though, and do it as yourself. Nobody needs you to become a loud braggart. Here are a few recommendations I shared with my team and with the hundreds of LinkedIn Influencers and creators I coached over the years, and some kindly shared by my professional community.
A shift in perspective is a good place to start. Instead of looking at it as serving yourself, consider that you may well know things that are helpful to others. Sharing your knowledge and the solutions you've found to problems others surely have too is a public service. Why should you alone enjoy the fruits of your experience? That's selfish. Sharing is caring.
You don't always have to talk about your successes. Sharing things that haven't worked or simply asking questions and starting a conversation, internally or on social media, shows you're engaged, knowledgeable about your field and smart enough to know what you don't know. I'd hire that person.
Another way to work around the issue is to talk about other people's achievements and trust them to talk about yours. This can be a formal agreement with a colleague. The women of the Obama administration were famous for consciously using a technique called amplification, repeating a colleague's idea with credit when she had been talked over to ensure her contributions were recognised. You can similarly ask your teammate to highlight your contributions as they respond to an email thread while you bring them up in your next one-on-one. If you're a solo creator, consider building a circle with other entrepreneurs where you post about one another's newsletter or trade ads on your podcasts.
You have your nose in your own work. Nobody sees it as much as you do. Nobody cares as much either. You can be discouraged by that or accept it. You need to overdo it for word to get through. Added benefit: it also means no one sees your blunders as much as you fear.
Accept you're good at what you do. Banish your internalised shame. Acknowledging your worth is the work of a lifetime, but maybe you can start with an email to your boss about that great thing you did. Boosting your self-esteem doesn't require one-upping anyone else. Recognise your skill and it'll be much easier recognising skill in others. Everyone wins.
This post came out of a conversation with entrepreneur and storyteller Michael Rain on the latest episode of Borderline, my podcast about lives lived across borders. Make sure to listen, follow, and consider chipping in a few bucks to help keep it on the (digital) air. www.borderlinepod.com
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