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Word cards and US/UK pronunciation setup

Word cards answer “how is this word actually used”; pronunciation settings answer “does it sound right”. Here is what each card holds, how to install the speech packs, and how the reading speeds work.

6 min read word cards · pronunciation · word lists Windows / Android

What a word card contains

Click any word in a sentence to open its card:

  • Definition and phonetics — definitions follow the interface language
  • Part of speech — noun, verb, adjective… with multi-part-of-speech support
  • Example sentences — one click jumps into 3D analysis to see the structure of that sentence
  • Word roots, derivatives and collocations — how the word is built and how it is normally used
  • Mnemonics and syllable division — helps with spelling and reading
  • Synonyms — for expanding expression
Word cards and examples are stored locally in the wordcards folder of your main folder, so they can be backed up or moved to a new PC.

US / UK pronunciation: why speech packs matter

The desktop build reads aloud using Windows system voices. If the system only has the default voice, US and UK accents sound identical — that is not an app bug, it simply needs the English speech components:

Option A — graphical setup

  1. Open Windows Settings → Time & language → Language.
  2. Add “English (United States)” and “English (United Kingdom)” if they are missing.
  3. Install the Speech component for each of those languages.
  4. Restart Kuaijizi 3D English Blocks for the change to take effect.

Option B — command line (administrator PowerShell)

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name Language.Speech~~~en-US~0.0.1.0
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name Language.Speech~~~en-GB~0.0.1.0

After installing, US English typically uses David / Mark / Zira and UK English uses George / Hazel / Susan. Switch the accent and choose a reading speed in Settings — there are five speeds, so start slower and speed up as learners progress.

The Android build relies on the system TTS engine: if there is no sound, check that a text-to-speech engine is available and that English voice data is installed.

Word-list management: three ways in

  • Automatic registration — new words met while reading are added automatically, no typing needed.
  • Manual entries — add words you specifically want to drill.
  • Bulk import — load an additional word list, for example a unit vocabulary list from a teacher.

When a word has several parts of speech you can pin the one to revise, and the engine also disambiguates from context so a noun sense is not applied to a verb use.

Graded example library: load a whole sentence

The example library is organised by difficulty, and one click loads the whole sentence's block combination into the workspace instead of rebuilding it. Typical uses:

  • Teachers load the target pattern while preparing a lesson and explain it on a projector;
  • Students study a ready-made sentence first, then change words and build their own;
  • Edited sentences can be saved as personal projects, forming a private example collection.

FAQ

No sound when reading aloud

Check in order: system volume; whether the reading speed is so slow it sounds stuck; whether English speech packs are installed on Windows; whether a TTS engine is available on Android.

US and UK sound the same

Almost always missing speech packs. Install the en-US and en-GB speech components as above, restart the app, then switch accents again.

Moving my word list to a new PC

Copy the whole main folder (containing projects, wordcards and ai-analysis) to the new machine and point Settings at it.

Link vocabulary and grammar

Example sentences on a word card jump straight into 3D analysis, so learners see the structure while learning the word.

3D grammar coordinates English learning path