Chicago, IL – The spoken word is more than a means of communication. It imparts a variety of nuances. Accent Pros features accent reduction programs to assist foreign speaking individuals with English accent training and the firm is offering a free screening and paid evaluation to help clients understand the severity of their foreign accent.

Screening

The free, no-obligation, screening requires you to leave a three minute voice mail. Individuals will receive results, via e-mail, that include an accent severity rating on a seven point scale from very mild to very heavy. Many also ask for a complimentary follow-up consultation via video conferencing or phone to learn about the results in more detail.

Accent Pros offers online screening and private accent reduction training from speech coaches with a degree in speech-language pathology who also have a specialty certification in accent reduction. The screening is available 24/7. If you want more than just a severity rating, try the full evaluation.

Evaluation

A paid initial accent evaluation is also available. The test is conducted 100% online using the microphone on your computer. After paying the $120 fee, you are immediately redirected to a site that allows you to record your speech while saying a variety of words, sentences, and a paragraph. Your speech samples will be saved on a secure server and only accessible to staff at Accent Pros. Within 48 hours, you can expect to receive an e-mail with the results attached. The attachment is called a pattern analysis, which is a detailed report noting each pronunciation error for every speech sound in American English and a percentage of your Standard American English (SAE) usage. This report allows you to know your exact percentage of foreign accent. For example, if the pattern analysis lists your SAE as 60%, that means you have a 40% foreign accent. How cool is that? The report also includes tally marks aligned with each speech sound so you will know which sounds are creating your accent and if you mispronounced the sounds when saying them in a word, sentence, or paragraph. The analysis allows individuals to concentrate only on the individual sounds creating their foreign accent.

Fans can follow Accent Pros on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Meetup and Google +. The firm maintains a comprehensive blog that addresses a variety of topics for those seeking to learn an American English accent and visitors to the site can register to receive updates via RSS feed.

Accent Pros can be reached by phone at 877-800-9480. For more information, visit the website at http://www.accentpros.com.