[A Must-See for Teachers] Create English listening questions for free! A thorough explanation of methods that require no recording.

Thank you for your hard work every day.

Being a teacher involves more duties than one might think, and just getting through daily lessons can be overwhelming. Furthermore, as the test period approaches, the busyness intensifies with test preparation.

Speaking of worries for English teachers, it's the preparation of listening tests.

Listening tests are a unique format not often found in other subjects. Preparing for listening tests is quite a struggle, isn't it?

It starts with creating the English text for the listening test, practicing pronunciation, doing read-throughs with the ALT teacher, setting up the recording environment, and re-recording if there are any misreads.

Preparing listening tests is way too hard! Isn't there an easier way?

For teachers struggling with such listening tests, there is an incredibly easy method for creating listening test audio that I want you to try.

It's free and easy to try, so I really want you to use it! I'll introduce it in detail.

How to Easily Create Listening Tests for Free Without Recording

Creating audio for listening tests is truly hard work! It takes too much effort, so you'd want to make it easier somehow, wouldn't you?

In that case, you should definitely use Ondoku!

• Have the English text for the test read aloud by Ondoku

With just this, the recording work that has been so troublesome until now will completely disappear.

What is
Ondoku?
When you enter text into the text box, it reads it aloud in your preferred voice. You can not only listen to the read text on the spot but also download it as an audio file (.mp3).

You Can Create Listening Tests for Free

Ondoku has a track record of being implemented in many educational institutions and universities. It is also used for school listening tests.

Ondoku can be used for free by anyone for up to 1,000 characters/month.

Also, if you register as a free member on Ondoku, you can use up to 5,000 characters/month for free.

If you want to read more than that, you can use it starting from 980 yen for 200,000 characters.

Create Audio in Conversation Format or a Mix of Japanese and English

In listening tests, it is often necessary to have not just audio of a single speaker talking unilaterally,

but audio in a conversation format.

Example: Ken, who came to a shopping mall, happens to meet Jenny. Choose the picture that matches the content of the dialogue between the two and write the symbol in the parentheses. The dialogue will be read twice.

Even in scenes like this where a dialogue format with two or more voices is required, you can easily create conversation-style audio by using Ondoku's conversation function.

I have actually had Ondoku read the text given in the example. Please listen to how it sounds.

Example: Text read aloud

Announcer: Ken, who came to a shopping mall, happens to meet Jenny. Choose the picture that matches the content of the dialogue between the two and write the symbol in the parentheses. The dialogue will be read twice.

• English-Jenny : Hey Ken! How are you?
• English-Tony : Oh, Jenny! I'm good, and you?
• English-Jenny : Good. Well, Is she your friend?
• English-Tony : No, this is my sister, Hanna. Hanna, this is my friend Jenny.
• English-Ivy : I'm Hanna. Nice to meet you, Jenny.

The conversation function is also explained in detail in this article!

How to use Ondoku's conversation/dialogue function. Make listening materials and long text creation more convenient with speech synthesis! | Text-to-speech software Ondoku

How to use Ondoku's conversation function! Explaining how to use the conversation function with images. We will introduce specific examples of what the conversation function can be used for.

A wide variety of English speakers and types!

There are 36 types of voices for American English speakers.

British and Indian English are also supported.

There are voices for women, men, boys, and girls, allowing you to create audio for various scenes.

The speed can also be adjusted, so you can make them speak slowly or quickly.

You can also preview the voices, so please give them a listen.

For English learning listening! Preview (listen to) native pronunciation from 67 speakers. Voices for women, men, girls, and boys too! | Text-to-speech software Ondoku

Ondoku is a text-to-speech service that can pronounce languages from all over the world. You can preview (listen to) 67 types of English voices on Ondoku.

Just Download the MP3, Put It on a CD or USB, and Play

When you click the read button, audio is generated.

The generated audio can be downloaded immediately.

By putting the downloaded file onto a USB memory stick or a CD, your listening test is complete.

Even if you notice a mistake after some time has passed, you can click edit from the conversation history and correct it later without needing to re-enter everything.

Can it really be this easy?

Until now, preparing for listening tests was very difficult, starting with practicing pronunciation, reading through with the ALT teacher, and setting up the recording environment.

By using Ondoku,

1. Prepare the English text for the test
2. Enter it into the Ondoku text box
3. Click the read button
4. Download and save to a USB memory stick or similar

With just this, you will be able to create audio for your listening tests.

If you want to use the conversation function to create audio for listening tests, please also refer to this article.

How to use Ondoku's conversation/dialogue function. Make listening materials and long text creation more convenient with speech synthesis! | Text-to-speech software Ondoku

How to use Ondoku's conversation function! Explaining how to use the conversation function with images. We will introduce specific examples of what the conversation function can be used for.

Rules for Using Ondoku Audio for Listening Tests for Free

Ondoku can be used for free for listening test audio.

However, in the case of free use,

• Question sheets
• Model answer sheets

credit notation such as "Listening Audio: Ondoku," "Audio: Ondoku," or "Voice by Ondoku3.com" is required on items like these.

Please check here for details on how to provide credit notation.

Explaining with images examples of credit notation when using Ondoku for listening tests at educational institutions such as public schools and school corporations | Text-to-speech software Ondoku

Using Ondoku makes preparing for various listening tests like English or Chinese easy! Here, we will explain in detail how educational institutions like public schools and school corporations should provide credit notation and the rules for using it.

Even in the case of paid use, please cooperate with credit notation. Please help so that students can research and study on their own.

Please also make Ondoku useful for students' self-study and review.

Listening Tests are Essential for English Tests

English tests require reading and writing questions. Therefore, audio for listening tests is absolutely necessary.

However, when creating audio for listening tests,

• Re-recording if a mistake is made
• Recording with one's own voice is embarrassing
• No recording environment, noise gets in
• Having to practice many times before recording
• There is a difference between the ALT teacher's pronunciation and my own

With all these various problems, creating listening tests was a tedious task.

However, by using Ondoku, all the problems in creating audio for listening tests can be solved.

Please utilize Ondoku for listening test audio to reduce your workload even a little.

Have an enjoyable teaching life!

■ AI voice synthesis software "Ondoku"

"Ondoku" is an online text-to-speech tool that can be used with no initial costs.

• Supports approximately 50 languages, including Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, and German
• Available from both PC and smartphone
• Suitable for business, education, entertainment, etc.
• No installation required, can be used immediately from your browser
• Supports reading from images

To use it, simply enter text or upload a file on the site. A natural-sounding audio file will be generated within seconds. You can use voice synthesis up to 5,000 characters for free, so please give it a try.

Text-to-speech software "Ondoku" can read out 5000 characters every month with AI voice for free. You can easily download MP3s and commercial use is also possible. If you sign up for free, you can convert up to 5,000 characters per month for free from text to speech. Try Ondoku now.

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