Patent ID: 6088666
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method of synthesizing pronunciation transcriptions for English sentence patterns/words through a computer, comprising the steps of:i) reading in a word to be pronounced;ii) assigning a prefix of the word by means of an index sign;iii) decomposing a composition of the word subject to a location of an assigned letter in the word and its relationship with neighboring letters;iv) searching out matching rules sign from a pronunciation rules chart set in the computer subject to the location of the assigned letter in the word and its relationship with the neighbor letters;v) searching out a corresponding International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA pronunciation symbol from a pronunciation rules data bank set in the computer for the assigned letter;vi) judging if all individual letters of the word have been processed; and,vii) synthesizing pronunciation symbols of the individual letters or letter series of the word into a pronunciation transcription when all individual letters of the word have been processed, or shifting the index sign to the next letter and then repeating the steps from iii) to vii).