Pronunciation Lexicon Specification - Common Use Cases - Multiple Pronunciations For The Same Orthography

Multiple Pronunciations For The Same Orthography

For ASR systems it is common to rely on multiple pronunciations of the same word or phrase in order to cope with variations of pronunciation within a language. In the Pronunciation Lexicon language, multiple pronunciations are represented by more than one (or ) element within the same element.

In the following example the word "Newton" has two possible pronunciations.

Newton ˈnjuːtən ˈnuːtən

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