Sounds of letters a to z
Letter Sounds App
General Questions
What devices are compatible with the Letter Sounds app?
The Letter Sounds A-Z app is compatible with devices running the OS versions listed below.
- Android 4.4 and later
- Kindle Fire OS 4.4 and later
- iOS 9.0 and later
- Windows XP and later
- OS X 10.9 and later
Is this the same app as the Letter Tiles app?
No, we have three different apps:
- The Phonogram Sounds app is a free app that is included with our programs. Use the app to reinforce the sounds with your child as you are teaching or to learn the sounds before you teach them.
- The Letter Sounds app is a free app for beginning learners that can be used to teach the first sound for each letter in the alphabet.
- The Letter Tiles app is a movable tiles app that is available for purchase for use in place of the physical Letter Tiles, or on days that you want to use reading or spelling on the go.
The Letter Tiles app is available for tablets only.
What does the Letter Sounds app teach?
The Letter Sounds app teaches the first sound for each letter of the alphabet.
Troubleshooting
Why can’t I install the app?
Please check that your device is compatible with the Letter Sounds app.
Why can’t I hear the sounds?
Make sure your speakers are on and that the volume is turned up. Test your system sound by playing a YouTube video or something else you know has sound. If your system sound is working, but you can't hear the app sounds, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
One of the features isn't working for me.
First, double-check that you are running the latest version of the app. If you continue to experience issues, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
Why don’t you have Letter Sounds for my device?
Contact us at support@allaboutlearningpress.
com and let us know what device you have! We are always looking to support more of our customers. In the meantime, you can use the online demo above as a fully functioning workaround.
Other App Questions
Why don’t you teach all the sounds for each letter?
Great observation! The Letter Sounds app is for use with our Pre-reading program. It’s a first introduction to the most common sound for each letter of the alphabet. If your student is ready to learn the multiple sounds for the letters and other phonograms, check out our Phonogram Sounds app.
Why do you use /er/ for the sound of R?
Some sounds, like /r/, are difficult to capture on audio. Without a vowel sound before or after, they are unintelligible. We recommend that parents work with their children to ensure that the child is saying the sounds correctly. If the child is having any difficulty, you may want to demonstrate the sound in person.
Do you track data or record any of my personal information?
Absolutely not! The app installers only place the code that is required to run the app on your device.
The only time we receive data of any kind is when the program checks for updates from our servers. This is only for updates. We do not receive any personally identifying information from your device.
Letter Sounds A to Z on the App Store
Description
Click a letter and hear the most common sound of that letter! This app features clear enunciation of the sounds of the 26 alphabet letters. Designed for use with the All About Reading Pre-reading curriculum.
(Note: This app contains just the FIRST sound of the letters. Additional sounds are taught on our Phonogram Sounds app.)
This app is part of the All About Reading Pre-reading program. This multisensory, curriculumteaches the five essential pre-reading skills. Our lightly scripted “open and go” lesson plans and engaging activities make this curriculum a favorite of homeschool families everywhere.
Suitable for all learning styles!
Version 1.3.0
Fixed issue where sounds do not play on iOS 14.
Added support for landscape mode on iOS and iPadOS.
Improved layout for more screen sizes.
Improved audio.
Numerous other small improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
42 Ratings
D/g
I really want to use this app with my students but whenever I click on the g I hear /d/ and the d doesn’t have a sound until after I’ve clicked on the g.
I'm sorry to hear that! Please contact me at support@allaboutlearningpress.
com if the app is malfunctioning. I'd be happy to have our developer look into this! In the mean time, you may want to use the free online version: https://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/letter-sounds-app/
~Merry at AALP
In response to D/g
Your review made me wonder if you had the same issue as I have had before. When using a Smart Board, the sounds would sometimes be off by a line, so I would have to “press” a button above or below to get the sound I wanted. In my case, it was not an app issue, but a calibration issue (Smart Board setting). Hopefully your problem has been resolved, but if not, maybe that is a possibility.
The app is working now
I reached out to their customer service because the app wasn’t making any sound. Merry who assisted me with the issue provided me great customer service, and she emailed me to tell me that the issue has been resolved.
The app is working the way it should now. Thank you, Merry for helping me!
Thanks, glad we could help!
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Sounds and letters of the Russian language - scheme, table, transcription
Contents:
• What is sound?
• What sounds are there?
• How are sounds pronounced?
• Transcription of the word
• Color scheme
Sounds belong to the phonetics section. The study of sounds is included in any school curriculum in the Russian language. Acquaintance with sounds and their main characteristics occurs in the lower grades. A more detailed study of sounds with complex examples and nuances takes place in middle and high school.
This page provides only basic knowledge of the sounds of the Russian language in a compressed form. If you need to study the device of the speech apparatus, the tonality of sounds, articulation, acoustic components and other aspects that are beyond the scope of the modern school curriculum, refer to specialized textbooks and textbooks on phonetics.
What is sound?
Sound, like words and sentences, is the basic unit of language. However, the sound does not express any meaning, but reflects the sound of the word. Thanks to this, we distinguish words from each other. Words differ in the number of sounds (port - sport, crow - funnel), set of sounds (lemon - estuary, cat - mouse), sequence of sounds (nose - dream, bush - knock) up to a complete mismatch of sounds (boat - boat, forest - park ).
What sounds are there?
In Russian, sounds are divided into vowels and consonants. There are 33 letters and 42 sounds in Russian: 6 vowels, 36 consonants, 2 letters (ь, ъ) do not indicate a sound.
The discrepancy in the number of letters and sounds (not counting b and b) is due to the fact that there are 6 sounds for 10 vowels, 36 sounds for 21 consonants (if we take into account all combinations of consonant sounds deaf / voiced, soft / hard). On the letter, the sound is indicated in square brackets.
There are no sounds: [e], [e], [yu], [i], [b], [b], [g '], [w '], [c '], [th], [h ], [sch].
How are sounds pronounced?
We pronounce sounds while exhaling (only in the case of the interjection "a-a-a", expressing fear, the sound is pronounced while inhaling.). The division of sounds into vowels and consonants is related to how a person pronounces them. Vowel sounds are pronounced by the voice due to the exhaled air passing through the tense vocal cords and freely exiting through the mouth.
Consonant sounds consist of noise or a combination of voice and noise due to the fact that the exhaled air meets an obstacle in its path in the form of a bow or teeth. Vowel sounds are pronounced loudly, consonant sounds are muffled. A person is able to sing vowel sounds with his voice (exhaled air), raising or lowering the timbre. Consonant sounds cannot be sung, they are pronounced equally muffled. Hard and soft signs do not represent sounds. They cannot be pronounced as an independent sound. When pronouncing a word, they affect the consonant in front of them, make it soft or hard.
Transcription of a word
Transcription of a word is a recording of sounds in a word, that is, in fact, a record of how the word is pronounced correctly. Sounds are enclosed in square brackets. Compare: a is a letter, [a] is a sound. The softness of consonants is indicated by an apostrophe: p - letter, [p] - hard sound, [p '] - soft sound. Voiced and voiceless consonants are not marked in writing.
The transcription of the word is written in square brackets. Examples: door → [dv'er '], thorn → [kal'uch'ka]. Sometimes stress is indicated in transcription - an apostrophe before a vowel stressed sound.
There is no clear correspondence between letters and sounds. In the Russian language, there are many cases of substitution of vowel sounds depending on the place of stress of a word, substitution of consonants or dropping out of consonant sounds in certain combinations. When compiling a transcription of a word, the rules of phonetics are taken into account.
Color scheme
In phonetic parsing, words are sometimes drawn with color schemes: letters are painted with different colors depending on what sound they mean. Colors reflect the phonetic characteristics of sounds and help you visualize how a word is pronounced and what sounds it consists of.
All vowels (stressed and unstressed) are marked with a red background. Iotated vowels are marked green-red: green means a soft consonant sound [y ‘], red means the vowel following it.
Consonants with solid sounds are colored blue. Consonants with soft sounds are colored green. Soft and hard signs are painted in gray or not painted at all.
| Vowels0040 | |
| Consistent | Tsh zh zh zhb z k l m h r ch chhh |
| b, b. | b |
- vowel, - vowel iot - hard consonant, - soft consonant, - soft or hard consonant, - does not mean a sound.
The blue-green color is not used in the schemes for phonetic analysis, since a consonant cannot be both soft and hard at the same time. The blue-green color in the table above is only used to show that the sound can be either soft or hard.
Words with the letter ё must be written through ё. Phonetic parsing of the words "everything" and "everything" will be different!
Vowel sounds and letters. How many are there in Russian?
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The correct pronunciation of words is one of the components of a beautiful and literate speech.
To achieve this, you will first have to study the sounds themselves. In this article, we will figure out together what vowel sounds are, how many vowels are in the alphabet of the Russian language, and what sounds they can represent.
What are vowels and sounds
Vowel sounds are those sounds that we freely convey with our voice. Hence their name comes from: voice means "voice". When pronouncing, air exits through the mouth and does not create noise, and the position of the tongue and lips determines which vowel sound we will pronounce.
There are much fewer vowels in Russian than consonants. There are 6 of them in total: [a], [o], [i], [s], [y] and [e]. To understand whether a vowel sound is in front of you or not, try to sing it. For example:
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a-a-a ,
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woo
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s-s-s .
If it works, then the sound is a vowel. You can't do that with consonants.
There are more vowels than sounds - there are 10 of them: a, i, u, u, o, e, e, e, i, s . This difference is due to the fact that some of these letters can represent two sounds and are pronounced using a combination of a vowel and a consonant [y']. For example, in word spruce the letter e expresses two sounds - [y'] and [e]. Let's look at the table all the vowel sounds and the letters that represent them.
| Letter | Sound | Example |
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| a | [a] | pharmacy |
| i | [a] [d'] + [a] | change anchor |
| at | [y] | moon |
| [y] [y'] + [y] | love skirt | |
| about | [o] [a] | horse milk |
| e | [e] [y'] + [e] [and] | victory raccoon great |
| e | [o] [d'] + [o] | rope hedgehog |
| e | [e] | evolution |
| and | [and] [s] | caviar life |
| s | [s] | choice |
Demo lesson in Russian
Take the test at the introductory lesson and find out what topics separate you from the "five" in Russian.
How vowel sounds are related to syllables
Vowel sounds form syllables - sound segments of words that we pronounce with one breath. One syllable can be either a vowel with one or more consonants, or a vowel alone. There is even a rule by which syllables can be counted: how many vowels in a word - so many syllables.
For example, in the word journey there are 5 vowels: [u], [i], [e], [i] and [e]. This means that it has 5 syllables: p-te-she-stvi-e .
Test yourself!
Count the number of syllables in the words: try on, tanner, well-groomed, care, prefix, capital, wet, invitation, orange .
Vowel sounds and stress
Now let's see what groups vowel sounds are divided into. Sometimes their pronunciation depends on whether the stress falls on them, that is, whether we single them out with our voice. So vowel sounds are divided into stressed and unstressed.
Here are some examples:
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Stress in Russian can fall on any of the existing vowel sounds. However, only 4 of them can be unstressed - these are [a], [i], [y] and [s]. In this position, we pronounce sounds weaker than under stress, because of which they can change qualities and sound differently.
Interestingly, the vowels [o] and [e] can only be stressed. There are only a couple of exceptions to this rule: for example, in words cocoa and canoe sounds [o] and [e] in an unstressed position.
How unstressed vowels are related to consonants
How an unstressed vowel sounds depends on the consonant that precedes it. Or rather, from its hardness or softness. If it is a hard consonant, it can be followed by unstressed vowels [y], [a] and [s]. When we talk about a soft consonant, it is followed by unstressed vowels [y] and [and].
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Test yourself
It's time to find out if you now understand well what vowel sounds are in Russian. To do this, we have prepared tasks for self-examination.
Task 1
List all the vowels in these words:
fair,
rejoice,
doll,
remote,
buddy,
voting,
mirror,
story,
OK,
captivate.
Task 2
Name 5 words each in which the sounds [a], [i], [y] and [s] would be in a stressed position.
Task 3
Name 5 words in which an unstressed vowel would come after a hard consonant and 5 more words where it would follow a soft consonant.
Task 4
Count the number of syllables in the words below (don't forget to use the rule you learned at the beginning of the article!):
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weightless,
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sunrise,
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adventure,
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painter,
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perpetuate,
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nice,
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image,
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category,
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exciting,
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melting,
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snowflake.
