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RR 2015/258 Forvo: All the Words in the World. Pronounced Forvo Media SL San Sebastián, Spain 2008 URL: www.forvo.com/ Last visited May 2015 Gratis
Keywords Audio media, Languages, Pronunciation
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-05-2015-0136
With the tagline All the Words in the World. Pronounced, the online resource Forvo clearly states its goal. The web site serves as a resource for anyone interested in hearing a native speaker pronounce a specific word. Forvo purports to contain pronunciations for 2,890,809 words from 325 languages. The site allows for multiple pronunciations for individual words, so the total number of pronunciations is 3,037,708. The web site is owned by Forvo Media SL, located in San Sebastián, Spain. Israel Rondón founded Forvo in 2008 and, as a web-content creator, is now responsible for visual layout and design. He works with Félix Vela, who has experience in web consulting and development.