Patent ID: 9620104
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. A method for learning word pronunciations, comprising: at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: receiving a first speech input including at least one word; determining a first phonetic representation of the at least one word, the first phonetic representation comprising a first set of phonemes selected from a speech recognition phonetic alphabet; mapping the first set of phonemes to a second set of phonemes to generate a second phonetic representation, the second set of phonemes selected from a speech synthesis phonetic alphabet that is different from the speech recognition phonetic alphabet, wherein the speech recognition phonetic alphabet and the speech synthesis phonetic alphabet are phonetic alphabets of a same language; and storing the second phonetic representation in association with a text string corresponding to the at least one word.