Speak Thai on Your iPhone

Posted on December 8, 2010

Speak Thai Sanuk is an easy to use talking Thai phrasebook for the iPhone.

There have been quite a few iPhone apps for people learning Thai over the last year. Some have been better than others. From experience I have found out that the amount they charge is not reflective on the quality of the app. Speak Thai Sanuk was released in November 2010 at a price of $2.99. As far as quality and appearance goes, it is pretty basic. However, what it lacks in that department more than makes up for it with its usefulness. At present they are claiming that they have 584 spoken words and phrases which is pretty good for that price. What is even better is that it is presently FREE and you should quickly go and download it now before it goes back up. They have already done one update with new words and more are expected.

The app opens up with the following categories: Greetings, Basics, Shopping, Restaurant, Hotel, Transportation, Places, Sightseeing, Health, Money, Entertainment, Numbers, Time, Weather and Fun Phrases. In the above example, I clicked on Money and then chose the phrase "Where is the ATM?". You then get this phrase written in Thai script, Romanization and also English translation. There is also a "play" button to hear a native speaker. Sometimes both a male and female speaker will read the phrase with the appropriate "ka" and "krab". Though, not always.

The Speak Thai Sanuk iPhone app is simple and quick to use and I think that it will prove useful to anyone holidaying in Thailand.

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Wayne
December 8th, 2010 - 21:34

Can’t see the free version Richard. At 21.30 8th Dec it was £1.19. Not much, but since since ‘Speak Thai (EN)’ does a similar job and is free, I’ll stick with that
Richard Barrow
December 9th, 2010 - 07:58

Wayne – Sometimes you have to be quick to get the free versions. They only drop the price for a short time then put it back up.

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