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.
Round your lips tightly into a small circle, push them forward, and hold the vowel longer.
“Give me the FULL kiss, bello! Lips forward, tight little circle, and hold it — oooo, like admiring the tiramisù!”Nunzio, when he hears it
In the app, this sound is put under pressure in Everyday English — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.
The classic mix-ups involving this sound, one page per pair: moon vs book.
People often say “oo” when a word actually wants “oo” as in book — each of those pages shows the way back.
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.