| URL | forvo.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes[1] |
| Type of site | Linguistics |
| Registration | Optional, but required to download MP3s and to add pronunciations |
| Content license | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| Owner | Forvo Media SL |
| Launched | January 2008 |
Forvo.com is a website that allows access to, and playback of, pronunciation sound clips in many different languages in an attempt to facilitate the easier learning of languages. Forvo.com was first envisioned in 2007, and came to fruition in 2008. Forvo.com is owned by Forvo Media SL, who are based in San Sebastián, Spain. As of January 2009, Forvo.com is the largest pronunciation guide website on the Internet.[2]
All sound clips on Forvo.com are created by the users, who also have the power to vote on each clip, positively or negatively, in an effort to ensure that the highest quality sound clips have priority in the site's listings. The pronunciations are also reviewed and edited by a volunteer team of editors.[3]
Forvo.com uses the proprietary Adobe Flash technology for recording the pronunciation sound clips.
Forvo has an API[4] to share its pronunciation with other websites.