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.
Turn your voice on — keep the same tongue position but let your vocal cords buzz.
“Where is the bee?! The mouth is perfect but the motor is off! Put a hand on the throat and feel it buzz — zzz!”Nunzio, when he hears it
Keep the vocal-cord buzz going all the way through the final consonant instead of fading to a whisper.
“The bee falls asleep at the end of the word! Keep it buzzing to the last breath — zzz, all the way home!”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: zoo vs this, zoo vs vision, zoo vs sun.
People often say “z” when a word actually wants “th” as in this, “zh” as in vision, “s” as in sun — 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.