canderson
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I've got a bone or two to pick with the pronunciation of a few things that I hear often on my commutes. I'd love to tweak these to correct them
I've noted that the Loquendo software is picking up phonemes for abbreviations in the LEX files, and where the word does not already exist, a literal phoneme substitution is being used. For example, the word Autoroute (abbreviated Aut) is phonetically set up as "\f@-Oa:-th-Oa:-Hr-`u:-th" in the lexicon. A cul-de-sac (abbreviated Cds) is set up as "\f@-kh-`u:-l-HTh-HEh-s-`Aa:-kh".
Is anyone familiar with this phonetic notation? If so, I'd like to try substitution of a few things not already in the LEX tables (esp a couple of badly mangled town names) to see if I can straighten out some of them. Might even work...
Did an 8th bit strip on one of the files so you could see one in a bit more detail. Pretty comprehensive stuff, but no actual LIST of the phoneme substitutions anywhere. With enough time and patience, I could undoubtedly figure out most all of them from the existing LEX files, but that'd be a REALLY tedious job.
"Abram" = "\f`HEI-b-Hr-HEh-m"
"amateur" = "\f`Ae-m-HEh-T$-OR:"
"amateurs" = "\f`Ae-m-HEh-T$-OR:-s"
"approximately" = "\fHEh-ph-Hr-`Aa:-kh-s-m-HEh-th-l-i"
"because" = "\fb-i-kh-`Ah-z"
"circuits" = "\fs-`OR:-kh-I-th-s"
"comfortable" = "\fkh-`Ah-m-f-th-HEh-Hr-b-HEh-l"
"consciences" = "\fkh-`Aa:-n-T$-HEh-n-s-I-s"
I've noted that the Loquendo software is picking up phonemes for abbreviations in the LEX files, and where the word does not already exist, a literal phoneme substitution is being used. For example, the word Autoroute (abbreviated Aut) is phonetically set up as "\f@-Oa:-th-Oa:-Hr-`u:-th" in the lexicon. A cul-de-sac (abbreviated Cds) is set up as "\f@-kh-`u:-l-HTh-HEh-s-`Aa:-kh".
Is anyone familiar with this phonetic notation? If so, I'd like to try substitution of a few things not already in the LEX tables (esp a couple of badly mangled town names) to see if I can straighten out some of them. Might even work...
Did an 8th bit strip on one of the files so you could see one in a bit more detail. Pretty comprehensive stuff, but no actual LIST of the phoneme substitutions anywhere. With enough time and patience, I could undoubtedly figure out most all of them from the existing LEX files, but that'd be a REALLY tedious job.
"Abram" = "\f`HEI-b-Hr-HEh-m"
"amateur" = "\f`Ae-m-HEh-T$-OR:"
"amateurs" = "\f`Ae-m-HEh-T$-OR:-s"
"approximately" = "\fHEh-ph-Hr-`Aa:-kh-s-m-HEh-th-l-i"
"because" = "\fb-i-kh-`Ah-z"
"circuits" = "\fs-`OR:-kh-I-th-s"
"comfortable" = "\fkh-`Ah-m-f-th-HEh-Hr-b-HEh-l"
"consciences" = "\fkh-`Aa:-n-T$-HEh-n-s-I-s"
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