Patent ID: 7407384

Claim:
A method of teaching a user pronunciation, comprising: (aa) establishing a voice interactive telephone call between the user and a voice portal server; (a) communicating a model term by the voice portal server to the user; (b) detecting a response term by the user, the response term being provided to the voice portal server; (c) comparing the response term to the model term with a processor coupled to the voice portal server; (d) determining with the processor a confidence level by comparing the response term to the model term; (e) comparing with the processor an acceptance limit to the confidence level; (f) confirming with the voice portal server a correct pronunciation of the model term if the confidence level is not less than the acceptance limit; determining a location of the user; and determining one of a dominant language and regional dialect based on the determined location of the user; wherein the confirming the correct pronunciation is based on the determined one of dominant language and regional dialect.