Nunzioaccent coach
consonant · the sound library

“h” as in hat

Written /h/ in the phonetic alphabet — but you will never need that in the app.

One of the 40 sounds Nunzio listens for. When you read a sentence aloud, the app scores every single sound in it on your phone — this page is what he knows about this one: what tends to come out in its place, and what to do about it.

What tends to come out instead

“h” slipping into “kh” (a rough sound from the throat)

Keep the back of your tongue low and away from the soft palate; release a soft open-throat breath like a sigh.

“Too much gravel in the throat, bello! Drop the back of the tongue, open everything, and just... sigh. Hhh, like fogging a mirror.”Nunzio, when he hears it

Where it lives in real words

he had has hen her him

In the app, this sound is put under pressure in Everyday English — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.

Reading about a sound is one thing. Hearing which ones you miss is another.

Nunzio records you reading a sentence, scores every sound in it on your phone — nothing is uploaded — and tells you the one thing worth fixing. Nunzio — Accent Coach is coming to the App Store and Google Play.