The unit of sound the Speech Engine actually recognizes is called a phoneme. All phrase formats are ultimately translated into phonetic spelling for decoding. These phonetic spellings can be directly entered if surrounded by curly braces. See Using Phonetic Spellings and Adding Foreign Words for more information about working with phonemes. You may also be interested in a list of American English Phonemes, Australian English Phonemes, UK English Phonemes or Spanish Phonemes.
The Canadian French phonetic alphabet used by the Engine:
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Phoneme |
Example #1 |
Phonetic Spelling #1 |
Example #2 |
Phonetic Spelling #2 |
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Vowels |
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| AA | AMI | AA M IY | FACILE | F AA S IY L |
| AH | ON | AH N | MODE | M AH D |
| AX | JE | ZH AX | PETIT | P AX T IY |
| EH | AIME | EH M | MAIS | M EH |
| EY | EGLISE | EY G L IY Z | DES | D EY |
| IY | IL | IY L | COMITÉ | K OW M IY T EY |
| EU | DEUX | D EU | EUROPE | EU R AH P |
| OE | HEURE | OE R | NEUF | N OE F |
| AN | EN | AN | FRANÇAIS | F R AN S EY |
| EHN | INVITÉ | EHN V IY T EY | SYMPA | S EHN P AA |
| ON | ONT | ON | MONDE | M ON D |
| UN | UN | UN | EMPRUNTER | AN P R UN T EY |
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OW |
AUX |
OW |
BEAU |
B OW |
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YW |
OUI |
YW IY |
AUTEUR |
OW T OE YW R |
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Consonants |
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| B | BELLE | B EH L | ALBERTA | AA L B EH R T AA |
| D | DEMAIN | D AX M EHN | MADAME | M AA D AA M |
| F | FAIT | F EH | MAGNIFIQUE | M AA GN IY F IY K |
| G | GLACE | G L AA S | REGARDER | R AX G AA R D EY |
| K | CANADIENNE | K AA N AA D Y EH N | TRANQUILLE | T R AN K IY L |
| L | LETTRE | L EH T R | POSSIBLE | P AH S IY B L |
| M | MALAISE | M AA L EH Z | FEMME | F AA M |
| N | NOUVEL | N UW V EH L | FINI | F IY N IY |
| P | PAS | P AA | APOSTROPHE | AA P AH S T R AH F |
| R | RENDRE | R AN D R | APPRENDREZ | AA P R AN D R EY |
| S | SORTE | S AH R T | DIX | D IY S |
| SH | CHOSES | SH AH Z | ATTACHÉ | AA T AA SH EY |
| T | TRÈS | T R EH | VOTRE | V AH T |
| UH | UNIVERSITÉ | UH N IY V EH R S IY T EY | MUSIQUE | M UH Z IY K |
| UW | OU | UW | POUR | P UW R |
| V | VA | V AA | LIVRE | L IY V R |
| W | ANTOINE | AN T W AA N | ENVOIE | AN V W AA |
| Y | ÊTRE | AA Y T R | TRAVAIL | T R AA V AA Y |
| Z | AMUSE | AA M UH Z | BESOIN | B AX Z W EHN |
| ZH | JOLI | ZH AH L IY | DANGEREUX | D AN ZH AX R EU |
|
GN |
GAGNER |
G AA GN EY |
COGNAC |
K AH GN AA K |
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Borrowed Phonemes |
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CH |
checking |
CH EY K IY NG |
chinese |
CH AA Y N IY Z |
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JH |
jogging |
JH AH G IY NG |
generator |
JH EH N EH R EY T EU R |
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NG |
bowling |
B AH L IY NG |
casablanca |
K AA S AA B L AA NG K AA |
Please note that the borrowed phonemes only occur in words that are not originally French; i.e. "loan" words.
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