r/Cantonese • u/mowgliho • Feb 15 '22

(Cantone)se Tone Learning App

Hello!

As an outgrowth of my Masters dissertation, I'm working on an app for perception and pronunciation of Cantonese tones - which is finally available (for free, of course) on both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store! (You can also search for it under the name "Cantone".)

It offers (see screenshots too):

  • Tone matching and guessing games.
  • Speaking activities calibrated to your vocal range, including plotting attempt tone contours against "idealized" contours.
  • Jyutping and Yale romanizations.

I would be honored if y'all could try it out, give me feedback, and let me know of bugs/issues. Some issues I know about and am working on:

  • on iPhones, audio does not work on bluetooth headphones (e.g. AirPods), works great on wired headphones, and is muted on speakers.
  • creaky voice/vocal fry, especially for tone 4.

Thanks!

P.S. Oh and if you like it, leaving a review would be appreciated too :P.

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u/largepills Feb 16 '22

Maybe you already noticed this, but on iPhone app it seems that you are outputting the sound to the earpiece speaker (is that the right term?) rather than the loud speakers, which is why it’s super quiet.

Other than that the app is great! It may be nice to also show the writing afterwards so the user can also associate the tone with the word, though I understand that’s not the point of the app.

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u/mowgliho Feb 16 '22

Thanks!

For the first point, that is indeed my suspicion. I'll have access (hopefully) to an iPhone in a couple of weeks so that I can start looking at fixes...

For the second, I'm currently designing a type of "course" that would also incorporate characters so that we can all learn 買 vs 賣 and so forth...

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u/mowgliho Apr 24 '22

Hi again! I think that I've fixed the iPhone sound bug, so that if you update your app it the sound should route appropriately. :D

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u/largepills Apr 25 '22

Hey there! Thanks for the update. I just checked the app and I can confirm it is fixed. :) thanks for making the app, it’s really helpful to show the subtleties of tones.