SURNAME OVERVIEW

• To generate surname pronunciations automatically from text-only spellings for speech applications

  
  

• Surname pronunciations have more variations due to ethnical backgrounds and preferences

  
  

• The database consists of 18,494 names and 25,648 manually transcribed pronunciations

  
  

• Worldbet is used to provide a single system that covers all languages

  
  

• Samples from the pronunciation database

  
  

  Boggess	b A g _ E s _
  Bridges	b 9r I _ dZ & z
  Bridges	b 9r I _ dZ E z
  Picone	p I k oU n i:
  Matt	m @ t _