{"id":150,"date":"2014-10-27T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspire.rcs.ac.uk\/medea\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:05:18","slug":"links-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=150","title":{"rendered":"Links and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\"> WAAPA <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waapa.ecu.edu.au\/accent-and-dialect-collection\/audio-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAAPA (Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts)<\/a><br \/>\nThe Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has many partner institutions and we are delighted to share this particular link gifted to us by the Voice Department at WAAPA. There are many invaluable recordings here and their site is well worth visiting!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\">VADA<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We are also pleased to be associates of the University of Maryland. VADA &#8211; their\u00a0 <strong>Visual Accent &amp;\u00a0 Dialect Archive<\/strong> database has a number of excellent resources including samples where you can observe the speaker&#8217;s mouth shape- a very useful tool in identifying where the &#8216;point of tension&#8217; of a dialect rests.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">https:\/\/visualaccentdialectarchive.com\/<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\">African Diaspora accents:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.dialectsarchive.com\/africa<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\">American Dialects<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A General American (sometimes known as Standard American) is one of the most requested dialects in the industry. There are many online &#8216;experts&#8217; all willing to share their knowledge and it is easy to spend huge amounts of your life sifting through clips in order to find something genuinely useful. So, we&#8217;ve done some of the work for you and here are a few of our favourite online coaches. Oh &#8211; and they really know what they&#8217;re talking about!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1KP4ztKK0A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=3&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Interesting article on the emergence of new Australian dialects and differences to listen out for: https:\/\/share.google\/s3OPx1cgutSkdWUrh<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\">British Regional<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The BBC\u2019s Sounds of English<\/strong> website is an invaluable resource. In addition to video clips that demonstrate mouth shapes for Standard English Pronunciation, there are related links to English as spoken in a variety of other countries too.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?q=bbc+sounds+of+english&amp;tbm=vid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search the BBC for pronounciation videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The British Library<\/strong> has a huge collection of recorded voices and is especially good if you are looking for older, more \u2018time-zoned\u2019 dialects.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/SN2ezx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/goo.gl\/SN2ezx<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Dialect Books<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>How To Do Standard English Accents by Jan Haydn Rowles &amp; Edda Sharpe <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howtodoaccents.com\/htdsea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/howtodoaccents.com\/htdsea.php<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Dialect Websites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Paul Meier\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dialectsarchive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.dialectsarchive.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original web-site devoted to accents and dialects and an excellent resource that includes special collections. It also allows you to donate your own voice to the database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speech Accent Archive<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accent.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.accent.gmu.edu\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This site contains a large collection of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. In addition to the recordings, there is a standard passage with phonetic transcriptions for most of the speakers that- if you are familiar with the IPA &#8211; will allow you to analyse the key sound shifts.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>spikizi<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p>is a database\/app described as &#8216;<em>unique in its ability to be specific to the nearest neighbourhood, with searchable criteria including age, education, schooling, ethnicity. As well as enabling you to &#8216;Shout-out&#8217; to those appropriate to your accent needs by sending your desired text and requesting a bespoke recording&#8217;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Phonetics<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phonetics links<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingspeech.arts.gla.ac.uk\/uti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.seeingspeech.arts.gla.ac.uk\/uti\/<\/a><br \/>\nThis resource from the University of Glasgow contains speech samples from a\u00a0number of dialects including various British Regional and New Zealand. It also allows you to see the movement of the tongue\u00a0during speech using ultrasound and MRI<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Scottish Dialects<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Scots Language Centre<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotslanguage.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.scotslanguage.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A comprehensive resource that includes Scots poetry and song, the history of Scots and sound\/video clips of the various dialects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dialects of Scots &#8211; Knowledge of language <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/knowledgeoflanguage\/scots\/dialects\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/knowledgeoflanguage\/scots\/dialects\/index.asp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brief introduction to the dialects of Scots and the value of using and respecting each dialect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glaswegian Dialect<\/strong> &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clyde-valley.com\/glasgow\/dialect.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.clyde-valley.com\/glasgow\/dialect.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A fun introduction to &#8220;Weegie&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Youtube Clips<\/span> (worth visiting)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VIDEOJUG podcasts<\/strong> include short introductions to various dialects by voice coach Gareth Jameson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/lVI2mj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/lVI2mj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you were in any doubt as to why your dialect work needs to be detailed, embodied and utterly convincing then watch these two YouTube videos from the American dialect coach Erik Singer.<\/p>\n<p>His comments are brilliantly observed and contain nugget upon nugget of hugely useful information about how mouth shape, energy, physicality and pitch are equally as important in finding a character\u2019s voice and dialect as the actual sound shifts.<\/p>\n<h3>Idiolects:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZSCGZphjq0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Constructed Languages:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oa6cHEJIjYI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAAPA WAAPA (Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts) The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has many partner institutions and we are delighted to share this particular link gifted to us by the Voice Department at WAAPA. There are many invaluable recordings here and their site is well worth visiting! VADA We are also pleased to be &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/?page_id=150\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-administrator","post-150"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions\/2512"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medea.rcs.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}