Method of generating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary for automatic korean pronunciation generator
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1. A method of generating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary for automatic pronunciation generator in Korean comprises the steps of:
- setting phoneme conditions where the exceptional pronunciations are observed in Korean;
extracting words in the exceptional phoneme conditions from a general dictionary so as to compile an exceptional condition reference dictionary 1, and creating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary 1 by reviewing words of the exceptional condition reference dictionary 1 and by extracting the words having the exceptional pronunciation; and
generating the exceptional pronunciation dictionary 2 by including the steps of;
dividing sentences of text corpus by Korean Eojols after analyzing the sentences;
compiling the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 1 by extracting Korean Eojols, which includes the words of the exceptional condition vocabulary 1;
editing an exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 2 by removing repeated words comparing the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 1 with the exceptional condition reference dictionary 1; and
reviewing the words of the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 2.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of creating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary for automatic pronunciation generation in Korean. The automatic pronunciation generator in Korean is an essential element of a Korean speech recognition system and a TTS (Text-To-Speech) system. The automatic pronunciation generator in Korean is comprised of a part of regular rules and an exceptional pronunciation dictionary. The exceptional pronunciation dictionary is created by extracting the words which have exceptional pronunciations from text corpus based on the characteristics of the words of exceptional pronunciations through phonological research and text analysis. Thus, the method contributes to the performance improvement of automatic pronunciation generator in Korean as well as that of a speech recognition system and a TTS system in Korean.
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1. A method of generating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary for automatic pronunciation generator in Korean comprises the steps of:
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setting phoneme conditions where the exceptional pronunciations are observed in Korean;
extracting words in the exceptional phoneme conditions from a general dictionary so as to compile an exceptional condition reference dictionary 1, and creating an exceptional pronunciation dictionary 1 by reviewing words of the exceptional condition reference dictionary 1 and by extracting the words having the exceptional pronunciation; and
generating the exceptional pronunciation dictionary 2 by including the steps of;
dividing sentences of text corpus by Korean Eojols after analyzing the sentences;
compiling the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 1 by extracting Korean Eojols, which includes the words of the exceptional condition vocabulary 1;
editing an exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 2 by removing repeated words comparing the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 1 with the exceptional condition reference dictionary 1; and
reviewing the words of the exceptional condition vocabulary dictionary 2. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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