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# Listen Game Guide: Memorize by Ear

Use Listen to rehearse passages hands-free—tune the voice, speed, and pitch so sound locks the text in place.

Game Guide3 min

Listen turns any Memorization into **guided audio**. It is perfect for commutes, pacing practice, or language lines where hearing the melody matters. Play, tweak the voice, and shadow the sound until you can say every line without looking.

## Quick start (2 minutes)

1.  Open your Memorization and choose **Listen**.
2.  Press **Play**. Follow the highlight as words are read aloud.
3.  Adjust **Speed** until you can repeat each line without rushing; start near `1 (Normal)` and nudge up only after clean runs.
4.  Pick a **Voice** that matches your language or accent. If you like the combo, hit **Make default** so future sessions start the same way.

## Dial in the sound

-   **Speed slider:** Ranges from `0.25` to `2`. Use `0.75–1` when learning a fresh paragraph; bump to `1.25–1.5` once you can shadow comfortably.
-   **Pitch slider:** Lower pitch (`0.75–1`) for calmer delivery; slightly higher (`1.25`) can wake up boring sections.
-   **Voices list:** Choose the clearest accent for your passage. If the current voice clips consonants, swap to a less robotic option before changing speed.
-   **Make default:** Locks your chosen speed, pitch, and voice for all Memorizations so you are not recalibrating every session.

## Routines to lock it in

1.  **Shadow and say:** Play at `0.75–1`. After each sentence, pause and **repeat it aloud** without looking. Resume and continue. Do two passes before speeding up.
2.  **Commute-friendly loop:** Turn on **Repeat**, set speed to `1`, and let browser or natural voice playback keep looping until you pause or turn repeat off.
3.  **Performance polish:** Play at your target pace (`1–1.25`). After a full pass, press **Play** again and try to speak one line ahead of the audio. If you fall behind, slow to `0.75` for that paragraph, then return to your target speed.

## Pair Listen with other games

-   **Learning day:** Listen (shadow at `0.75–1`) → Speak. Hearing it first helps to speak it later.
-   **Order repair:** If transitions feel shaky after **Sentence Scramble**, run one Listen pass to hear cadence, then immediately recite without audio.
-   **Details drill:** For names, numbers, or foreign phrases, drop pitch, slow to `0.75`, and replay the sentence three times before returning to normal speed. Follow with a quick **Tap to Reveal** check.

## Troubleshooting

-   **Audio is choppy or silent:** Switch to the latest Chrome; Listen relies on browser speech support.
-   **Voice feels flat:** Raise pitch a notch and swap voices before changing speed. Variety often fixes intelligibility.
-   **Getting lost mid-pass:** Watch the progress bar; if you drift, pause, back up one sentence, and replay at `0.75` while tracing with your finger.
-   **Still not sticking:** Shadow once, then immediately say the entire paragraph without audio. If you miss more than one idea, repeat a slow Listen pass and try again.

Listening is the fastest way to load a passage into your ear. Keep shadowing until you can stay a sentence ahead of the voice, then you will know the words are yours.

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