System for developing word-pronunciation pairs
First Claim
1. A system for developing word-pronunciation pairs based on a spelled word input, comprising:
- a transcription generator receptive of the spelled word input for generating a phonetic transcription that corresponds to the spelled word input, said phonetic transcription being segmented into syllabic portions;
a phoneticizer receptive of the spelled word input for producing a plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, where the phoneticizer employs letter-only decision trees and phoneme-mixed decision trees to produce said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, the letter-only decision trees having nodes representing questions about a given letter and neighboring letters in the spelled word input and the phoneme-mixed decision trees having nodes representing questions about a phoneme and neighboring phonemes in the spelled word input;
a phonemic editor connected to said transcription generator for displaying and editing syllabic portions of said phonetic transcription and connected to said phoneticizer for displaying said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions; and
a storage mechanism for updating a lexicon with the spelled word input and said phonetic transcription, thereby developing the desired word-pronunciation pair.
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Abstract
An editing tool is provided for developing word-pronunciation pairs based on a spelled word input. The editing tool includes a transcription generator that receives the spelled word input from the user and generates a list of suggested phonetic transcriptions. The editor displays the list of suggested phonetic transcriptions to the user and provides a mechanism for selecting the desired pronunciation from the list of suggested phonetic transcriptions. The editing tool further includes a speech recognizer to aid the user in selecting the desired pronunciation from the list of suggested phonetic transcriptions based on speech data input that corresponds to the spelled word input, and a syllable editor that enables the user to manipulate a syllabic part of a selected pronunciation. Lastly, the desired pronunciation can be tested at any point through the use of a text-to-speech synthesizer that generates audible speech data for the selected phonetic transcription.
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1. A system for developing word-pronunciation pairs based on a spelled word input, comprising:
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a transcription generator receptive of the spelled word input for generating a phonetic transcription that corresponds to the spelled word input, said phonetic transcription being segmented into syllabic portions;
a phoneticizer receptive of the spelled word input for producing a plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, where the phoneticizer employs letter-only decision trees and phoneme-mixed decision trees to produce said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, the letter-only decision trees having nodes representing questions about a given letter and neighboring letters in the spelled word input and the phoneme-mixed decision trees having nodes representing questions about a phoneme and neighboring phonemes in the spelled word input;
a phonemic editor connected to said transcription generator for displaying and editing syllabic portions of said phonetic transcription and connected to said phoneticizer for displaying said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions; and
a storage mechanism for updating a lexicon with the spelled word input and said phonetic transcription, thereby developing the desired word-pronunciation pair. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for developing word-pronunciation pairs based on a spelled word input, comprising:
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a dictionary for storing phonetic transcription data corresponding to a plurality of spelled words;
a transcription generator connected to said dictionary and receptive of the spelled word input for producing a phonetic transcription that corresponds to the spelled word input, said phonetic transcription being segmented into syllabic portions;
a phoneticizer receptive of the spelled word input for producing a plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, where the phoneticizer employs letter-only decision trees and phoneme-mixed decision trees to produce said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, the letter-only decision trees having nodes representing questions about a given letter and neighboring letters in the spelled word input and the phoneme-mixed decision trees having nodes representing questions about a phoneme and neighboring phonemes in the spelled word input; and
a phonemic editor connected to said transcription generator for displaying and editing syllabic portions of said phonetic transcription and connected to said phoneticizer for displaying said plurality of scored phonetic transcriptions, thereby developing the desired word-pronunciation pair. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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