System and method for phonetic representation
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1. A method for generating an Approximate Phonetic Representation (APR) of a given word, the word having a sequence of characters, the method comprising:
- Receiving the word;
Generating the APR by applying at least one unique metaphone3 translation rule to encode one or more of the characters of the given word into a resulting APR; and
Returning the generated APR.
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A method for generating an Approximate Phonetic Representation (APR) of a given word, the word having a sequence of characters, the method comprising: Receiving the word; Generating the APR by applying at least one metaphone3 translation rule to encode one or more of the characters of the given word into a resulting APR; and Returning either the generated APR and/or one or more words matching the APR from a dictionary of words.
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1. A method for generating an Approximate Phonetic Representation (APR) of a given word, the word having a sequence of characters, the method comprising:
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Receiving the word; Generating the APR by applying at least one unique metaphone3 translation rule to encode one or more of the characters of the given word into a resulting APR; and Returning the generated APR. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for generating an Approximate Phonetic Representation (APR) of a given word, the word having a sequence of characters, the method comprising:
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Receiving the word; Generating the APR by applying at least one metaphone3 translation rule to encode one or more of the characters of the given word into a resulting APR; and Returning at least on Word corresponding to the resulting APR. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A digital data processing apparatus for identifying one or more dictionary word corresponding with at least one approximate phonetic representation of a given word, said apparatus comprising:
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An input means for accepting the given word; A rule storage means for storing unique Metaphone3 rules; An APR generation means coupled with said input means and the rule storage means for generating an APR representation of the given word; A database storage means for storing a approximate phonetic representation corresponding to each of the one or more dictionary word, said database storage means including a storage means for storing digitally encoded information representative of said phonetic expression; A database access means connected with said APR generation means and said database storage means for accessing the one or more dictionary word corresponding to the APR generated by the APR generation means; and An output means connected with said database access means for generating a signal representative of the one or more dictionary word corresponding to the APR generated. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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