In Fine Tuning you will hear a syllable (speech is synthesized and not natural). You will then be presented with two increasingly similar syllables such as ‘ga & ka’, ‘dee & tee’, ‘et & ek’, ‘sa & sta’, etc. Your task is to identify what syllable you heard.
Here is how fine tuning works:
- When you click “START” a syllable will be heard.
- You will now be presented with two syllables on the screen for example ‘ga’ & ‘ka’.
- Press left or right arrow keys on your computer keyboard to select the syllable you heard, or click/touch the syllable you heard on the screen (in case of touchscreens).
More useful information:
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You can also try the step by step instructions by clicking the ‘i’ button at the bottom right corner of the exercise screen shown below.
Note: When you try an exercise in a new level, the instruction mode is on by default. The way you can tell whether you are in instruction mode or exercise mode is to note the orange-color banner on top of the exercise screen which looks like the one below. You can always click on the ‘i’ to toggle between instruction mode and exercise mode.
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As you progress, the exercise will grow more challenging in the following two ways:
- The consonant sounds will speed up.
- The syllables will be harder to distinguish between.
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Control buttons are found at the bottom right of the exercise screen. You can use these buttons to do the following:
- If at any time you wish to repeat the Instructions on a particular exercise, push the’ i’ button.
- If at any time you need to Exit an exercise, push the X button.
- If at any time you wish to Pause the exercise, push the II button.
- If you want to make the exercise Full screen for easier viewing, push Full screen button.
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You may also visit the following page to learn more about this exercise
https://www.dynamicbrain.ca/fine-tuning.html