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Pronunciation Visualization for Cebuano
2026-04-30Ben Worthington, Nikita Shimin
We are launching the first version of Dictionarying's pronunciation visualization engine, and we chose Cebuano as our first language. This post explains why Cebuano, what the science behind the visualization actually is, and how we built it — including the specific acoustic measurements that drive every animation and waveform on the platform.
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