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Subject: Re: Phenomes
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 17:07:20 GMT
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     Matthew Proctor wrote in article <1993Nov15.2962398669.wlm@csource.oz.au> :
>
>Hi all.
>
>I don't know if this is in a FAQ or something, but can somebody supply a
>list of the 50ish standard Phenomes (sp?) used for speech sythesis?
>
>Thanx in advance.
>

Here is a composite of several sets (for English) both british and
american:

Phon TIMIT    NRL
/&/   ae       AE       bat           b AE t                  pat             fAt
/0/   aa       AA       bott          b AA t                  pot
/3/   er       ER       bird          b ER d                  bird            mURdER
/@/   ax       AX       about         AX b aw t               ago             About
/@/   ax-h              suspect       s AX-H s p eh k t
/@R/  axr               butter        b ah dx AXR             boat            lOne
/@U/  ow       OW       boat          b OW t
/@m/  em                bottom        b aa t EM
/@n/  en                button        b ah q EN
/A/   ae?                                                     part            fAther
/D/   dh       DH       then          DH e n                  then            eiTHer
/I/   ih       IH       bit           b IH t                  pit             bIt
/I/   ix                debit         d eh b IX t
/I@/                                                          beer
/IN/  eng               Washington    w aa sh ENG t ax n
/L/                     Llanelli
/N/   ng       NG       sing          s ih NG                 sing            suNG
/O/   ao       AO       bought        b AO t                  port            lAWn
/R/    r        r                                             far
/S/   sh       SH       she           SH iy                   ship            leaSH
/T/   th       TH       thin          TH ih n                 thin            eTHer
/U/   uh       UH       book          b UH k                  put             fUll
/U@/                                                          dour
/V/   ah       AH       but           b AH t                  but             bUt
/Z/   zh       ZH       azure         ae ZH er                beige           leiSure
/aI/  ay       AY       bite          b AY t                  buy             hIde
/aI@/                   hire
/aU/  aw       AW       bout          b AW t                  bout            hOW
/b/   b        b        bee           B iy                    bill            Back
/d/   d        d        day           D ey                    din             Dime
/d/   dx                muddy         m ah DX iy
/dZ/  jh       j        joke          JH ow k                 gin             Jar
/e/   eh       EH       bet           b EH t                  pet             gEt
/e@/                                                          bare
/eI/  ey       EY       bait          b EY t                  bay             gAte
/f/   f        f        fin           F ih n                  fast            Fault
/g/   g        g        gay           G ey                    got             Goat
/h/   hh       HH       hay           HH ey                   hat             How
/h/   hv                ahead         ax HV eh d
/i/   iy       IY       beet          b IY t                  peat            bEEt
/j/   y        y        yacht         Y aa t                  yet             Young
/k/   k        k        key           K iy                    cot             Coat
/l/   el                bottle        b aa t EL
/l/   l        l        lay           L ey                    lake            Laugh
/m/   m        m        mom           M aa M                  meat            suM
/n/   n        n        noon          N uw N                  neat            suN
/n/   nx                winner        w ih NX axr
/oI/  oy       OY       boy           b OY                    boy             tOY
/p/   p        p        pea           P iy                    pill            Pack
/r/   r        r        ray           R ey                    rake            Rate
/s/   s        s        sea           S iy                    sink            Sue
/t/   q                 bat           b ae Q
/t/   t        t        tea           T iy                    tin             Time
/tS/  ch       CH       choke         CH ow k                 chin            CHar
/u/   uw       UW       boot          b UW t                  boot            fOOl
/u/   ux                toot          t UX t
/v/   v        v        van           V ae n                  vast            Vault
/w/   w        w        way           W ey                    wet             Wear
/x/   hx                loch
/wh/           WH                                             where           WHere
/z/   z        z        zone          Z ow n                  zinc            Zoo
