SYNTHETIC ELOCUTION: CONSIDERATIONS IN AUTOMATIC ORTHOGRAPHIC-TO-PHONETIC CONVERSION OF ENGLISH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROSODIC FEATURES.
Abstract
The prosodic model put forward in this work assumes an input in which text words are represented in their canonical orthoepic forms (segmentals and 'stress' patterns transcribed as for some ideal pronouncing dictionary) along with representations of their syntactic and semantic relations. Traditional IPA stress marks are reinterpreted as encoding two binary orthoepic distinctions: (1) weak versus strong syllables; and, among strong syllables, (2) accentable versus unaccentable ones. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0670050
Entities
People
- Ralph Vanderslice
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles