Sound Files
The following sound files were recorded by Jane Ozanich, a former lecturer here at the Department of English. They will be used as models of American speech in my course on the pronunciation of English. You may download them to your local hard drive and use them for practice.
A printer-friendly script of the text is available here.
Text in Four Sections
Update
Here's the same text in one chunk, recorded in Received Pronunciation (RP) rather than General American (GA):
michigan.mp3 (3,045 KB)
Media Players
If you have difficulties playing back the sound files, consider downloading one of these free media players:
Winamp (Windows)
Quicktime (Mac)
xmms (Linux)
Technical Note: To record mp3 files yourself, try the excellent free audio software Audacity.
Legal Note: The files are distributed under a Creative Commons licence.