The loop: Listen · Echo · Dictate

Enjoy cuts a video or audio file into lines of dialogue. You can practise each line in three ways, called lenses. You are always in exactly one lens, can switch any time, and the current line stays where it is.

Lens	Colour	What you do	Key
Listen	Blue: the original	Follow the transcript, click a line to jump, slow down, replay, show IPA and translation	—
Echo	Violet: you	Loop a line (or several lines of one sentence), record yourself, compare with the original	E
Dictate	Violet: you	Hide the text, write what you hear, peek to check	H

Why blue and violet?

Blue always means the original (playback, the speaker, reference pitch). Violet always means you (the loop, recordings, dictation). The logo says the same thing: the original, its echo, and you in front. A glance at the colour tells you who is “speaking”.

Try it

Try it · one transcript, three ways

Listen Echo EDictate H

I'd rather stay in tonight./aɪd ˈræðər steɪ ɪn təˈnaɪt/I would prefer to stay home this evening.

Could you say that again, please?/kʊd ju seɪ ðæt əˈɡɛn pliz/Please repeat what you just said.

It's a lot harder than it looks./ɪts ə lɑt ˈhɑrdər ðæn ɪt lʊks/It is much more difficult than it appears.

PlayIPA ✓Translation ✓

Listen: the transcript follows the audio. Click any line to jump; show IPA and translation only when you need them.

A rhythm that works

1. Listen once, get the meaning, look up unknown words.
2. Echo the same line until you’re happy; check the score and pitch contour.
3. Later, use Dictate to test that you really hear it.
4. Looked-up words land in your vocabulary for spaced review.

The lenses are exclusive

Turning Echo on leaves Dictate and vice versa. If the text suddenly disappears, you are probably in Dictate — press H to go back.