It's one thing to read about speech delivery, but it's quite another to actually see and hear speakers deliver a message. If you have the proper software (like RealAudio, which you can download from the Internet at www.real.com or RealVideo, which you can access through Timecase at www.timecast.com/sites/index.html ), you can hear and sometimes see former and current presidents present political speeches. At some sites you can watch well-known individuals give a presentation; other sites just permit you to listen to a speech.
- History Channel
Each day a famous speech is presented. There is also a RealAudio archive of famous speeches.
- Michigan State University Library
This site will permit you to hear recordings of U.S. presidents and other famous people in history.
- WEBCORP Historical Speeches Archive.
You can hear speeches from the 1930s and after. You can also see video presentations from around the time of the Nixon Watergate scandal.
- The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
This Website, which can help you with your pronunciation, was developed at Carnegie Mellon University. It uses phonetic markings to help you pronounce words properly.
