iSpeak Finnish app review

Introduction

Whether you’re thinking of visiting Finland this year for your vacations or you’re simply curious to pick up a few basic phrases, you’ll definitely want to check out iSpeak Finnish on your iPhone and iPad as it makes it easier than ever to learn some Finnish vocabulary.

This is a very well developed app that presents the information in a very clear and concise manner, and although the Finnish language is about as foreign to me as Martian, I can easily see the amount of attention to detail that has gone into iSpeak Finnish.

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Two-Way Translation

What we’ve got here is a simple yet very useful addition to the Reference category of the App Store that enables you to quickly and easily translate words and phrases from English to Finnish, and vice versa; perfect for any tourists visiting Finland this year.

The app actually features audio so that you can hear the translated text spoken back to you thanks to a text-to-speech engine; I’m actually very impressed with the quality of the audio so you might be surprised when you hear it.

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Background Support & Sharing

You’ll also be pleased to know that iSpeak Finnish enables you to share your translations with others online via email and text message, as well as saving them to your Favorites list for quick and easy future reference.

What’s more, this app provides full support for multitasking which means you can continue listening to the audio in the background with the app minimized and your device locked.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Translates from English to Finnish, as well as Finnish to English
• Speaks translated text with the highest possible quality text to speech engine available in a mobile device
• Save as many translations on your iPhone as you would like, or email or SMS them
• Change the volume as well as speed of spoken text
• Cut paste documents, articles, and emails into iSpeak to translate and have them read back
• Multitasking support for audio

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

iSpeak Finnish probably isn’t going to be the ideal iPhone and iPad for those of you who are already fairly comfortable with the language, but if you’re a complete beginner or only know a couple of basic tidbits of the vocabulary then I think you’ll find it to be incredibly useful.

This is a great little translation utility for iOS that I would definitely recommend if you’re in the market for this kind of resource.