PROPER NOUN PRONUNCIATION GENERATION AND RECOGNITION


Applications

  • Recognition systems - particularly dictation systems
  • Information directory interfaces - database query
  • Automated Web surfing - it is not far in the future!

    • Challenges

  • Letter-to-sound rules do not apply
  • Multiple pronunciations
  • Poorly trained phone combinations - particularly foreign names.


    • Recognition
    Why letter to sound mapping does not work