More to a halachic point, what is the long daled in kriyas shma? I often hear people ending “echad ” with a shva na under the dalet (where there clearly isnt one. An easier and more accurate fulfillment of the din is to aspirate the dalet, as it is a beged kefes with out a dagesh. Aspirated dalet is one of the th or dzh sounds, and there are 19 of them in kriyas shma if you include boruch shem k’vothz malchuso l’olom voedzh. And don’t forget to watch for your soft gimmels tovs and non-dental soft pehs for consistency.
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