Archive for January, 2009

100.000 pronunciations

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

This is an amazing milestone:

100.000 pronunciations.

The #100.000 is a dutch word: Nu of nooit. Next step is 1.000.000. There are also 118 languages with at least one pronounced word and 52 with more than 100 pronounced words.

Forvo in spanish

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Forvo is a language site so, as you could imagine, we are translating Forvo to more languages in 2009, starting with Forvo in spanishright now.

Es un placer para los que hacemos Forvo sacar la versión en este idioma, que al fin y al cabo, es el nuestro.

More languages to come soon. And if you´d like to collaborate in any particular language contact us.

Updated FAQ

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

It´s been a long time since last changes so we have selected some really frequented questions to include them in Forvo´s FAQ. Main topics are:

3. What do you mean with “all the words in the world”?
7. What about words with more that one pronunciation?
12. Please add “that language”.

80.000 pronunciations

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The number of pronunciations continues growing faster and faster and there are more than 80.000. The 80.000th word is Lieutenant Governor.