This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.

A new online service offers a simple way to let other people know how to say your name correctly. It lets others hear you say it yourself in your e-mail.

Today, more people from different cultures work, live and study together. Some worry that having a difficult name could limit them. Just ask Sheetal Dube. She and her husband came to the United States from India seven years ago.

SHEETAL DUBE: "My name, Sheetal, is a very common Indian name and in India people would just know how to pronounce it. But I've been working here in the U.S. for some time and I realize people find it hard to pronounce. They haven't heard it before."