Characteristics

MetaVox V3 programme is a multipurpose tool, whose efficacy has been contrasted in linguistic, therapeutic and clinical fields as well as in the teaching of students of Spanish as a foreign language. The usefulness of the programme is based on the visual feedback offered by its Video Module, since it allows you to visualize the movements of the organs of phonation involved in each of the sounds of the Spanish language in programmed sequences. The user can observe the place of articulation and stop the video at the exact moment the sound is produced or even control the picture from frame to frame (back/forward) to show this moment repeatedly.MetaVox V3 is not a manual on Spanish pronunciation strictly speaking .It is really a tool.  Its value is practical and functional. For those who need to know more we provide a wide bibliography.  For philologists and linguists, or any other professional with a wide knowledge of the subject the benefit is even more instrumental. Those who are not familiar with Spanish phonology or phonetics will find it an easy guide to use.*

MetaVox 3 also features the facility to observe the air position at the time of articulation.  If necessary the stills can be controlled individually.

MetaVox V3 version has improved the way the desktop is arranged as well as the commands in order to have easy access to both graphic and textual information of the programme. Each video includes audio reproduction of the sound.

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 The Orthographic Guide is a functional module which is very useful for classifying all the sounds that correspond to each letter of the alphabet. You can select any letter of the alphabet on your keyboard and the programme will automatically identify the corresponding sound. If you select the letter b, the programme offers the possibility of visualizing two videos:   Plosive and    Fricative.

 Theoretical or Textual Aid provides the orthographic correspondence of every sound together with an explanation of the linguistic elements which represent the functional or relevant features each.

Dialectal variety. The theoretical description shows similar parameters to those normally accepted as pattern language in Spain. This pattern is a pedagogical design and by no means creates a handicap for those people who use their own articulatory idiosyncrasy in and outside Spain daily. Speakers of any Castilian or Spanish speaking country will not be more surprised than an Andalusian, Extremaduran or someone from the Canary Islands, and any way, being aware of their linguistic identity will make it easier for them to use the programme correctly.

Applications. As a learning and reference guide, MetaVox V3 is the only programme in the world which provides complete graphic information of the complete articulatory sequence, with a clear visualization of the phonation organs which take part in every sound. This is its most important pedagogical contribution. The interpretation of this facility depends on each specialist, and also the final user, whether this be a student or a patient.

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