Category Archives: Media

Dear Forvers, Next year Forvo turns 15 and getting here as a world reference would not have been possible without all your help. For all this, the first thing we want to convey to you through this message is our gratitude for your commitment...

In 2021, Forvo has started working on a pronunciation evaluation project with speech recognition, a project that has possible applications for the fields of Health and Education. The Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and...

Many of you have shown an interest recently in what we are currently working on in Forvo and we wanted to share with you the things are coming the following months. Specifically, we are working hard on three different aspects: On the one...

We recently spoke to Alex Redfern, Founder of the language tutoring platform, Lingoci , about how students can learn languages in preparation for traveling abroad. Hi Alex, we’re curious – let’s say a student wants to learn...

We are honoured to announce that we have been considered as one of the best resources to learn languages by Tutorfair! This company, formed by parents, tutors and web entrepreneurs, offers an interesting service to learn not only...

It's no surprise, we love languages. Whether a language is spoken by many or few, it is important and contributes to the wonderful diversity of society. Learning more about these languages helps you to understand and appreciate the cultures...

After a tough selection process and after whittling down from hundreds of recommended resources, we are delighted to announce that Forvo has been chosen to feature in Tutorful's Italian language and culture editorial! Considering that many...

We are really excited to announce that we have reached a significant milestone in Forvo's history. With your help, we have surpass the frontier of 100,000 downloads of our Android app. The new version was realised last year and it is...

The month of May generally brings some nice weather to Europe, and with it the start of lots of sporting action. Two recent big events catching the eye have been the French Open tennis tournament and the Italian Giro - one of cycling's...

It's not every day we make it onto the national news, so we were very pleased when Forvo's new iPhone app was featured on Spanish TV channel Antena 3. As part of a segment on Antena 3 Noticias about apps for learning languages, #A3TECH...

We’re proud to announce that we’ve teamed up with our friends at Ikusle to offer Forvo pronunciations on their newly-launched website. The pronunciation guide is available across the whole of ikusle.com . To listen to word...

Summer time is just around the corner and with it there's a whole host of events to look forward to. This year is a particularly good one for sports fans with the European Football Championships taking place in June followed by Rio's...

Donald Trump is not the first politician to make headlines over his pronunciation, but the way he said the word ' Tanzania ' in a recent speech probably tells more about his international policy credentials than poor pronunciation skills....

We're proud to announce that we've teamed up with our friends at the Scots Magazine in order to help you learn how to pronounce some of those tricky Scots and Gaelic place names. The pronunciation guide is available across the...

Although there can be exceptions, the words people look for on Forvo tend to reflect news stories that are currently making headlines around the world. With the Zika virus now topping 1.5 million cases worldwide, in January 2016 users...

Forvo is such a fantastic tool for language learners that it's often easy to overlook its usefulness as a way of measuring the impact of breaking news as events unfurl across the globe. The week started with the terrible news of...