Advanced Pronunciation Editor

The Advanced Pronunciation Editor provides advanced control over pronunciations of words that are not pronounced correctly by Text-To-Speech engines.  When using the Advanced Editor, you correct the pronunciation of words by specifying "phonemes" that instruct the engine how each part of the word should sound.

The Advanced Pronunciation Editor is available only if you set the SAPI Version field (see Engines / Voices panel) to "Use SAPI5 Only".  The phoneme editor is not implemented for SAPI4 voices.

Accessing the Advanced Pronunciation Editor

• On the Engines / Voices Options Panel, set SAPI Version to "Use SAPI5 Only"
• From the menu, select Options -> Pronunciation Editor
• Click the "Advanced Editor" tab.

The following fields are available in the Advanced Pronunciation Editor

Field Name	Description
Word	Enter the word you wish to enter a new pronunciation for.
Pronunciation	Enter a string of phonemes that describes how the word should sound.
Test Voice	Choose a voice from the dropdown list that will be used when testing the new pronunciation.

 

To enter a new entry:

• Press the New button
• In the Word field, enter the text for the pronunciation you wish to correct.
• In the Pronunciation field, enter a string of phonemes that describes the sound of the word.  Scroll through the phoneme list on the window to help locate phonemes with the correct sound.  You can append phonemes from the phoneme list by double-clicking entries in the list.
• Use the Test button to test the new pronunciation.
• Press the Apply button to save the new pronunciation
• Press Done when finished using the editor.

To modify the pronunciation for an existing entry:

• Select the existing entry from the list (on the left), or enter text into the Word field for the existing entry.
• In the Pronunciation field, enter a string of phonemes that describes the sound of the word.  Scroll through the phoneme list on the window to help locate phonemes with the correct sound.  You can append phonemes from the phoneme list by double-clicking entries in the list.
• Use the Test button to test the new pronunciation.
• Press the Apply button to save the new pronunciation
• Press Done when finished using the editor.

To delete an existing entry:

• Select the existing entry from the list (on the left), or enter text into the Word field for the existing entry
• Tab out of the Word field.
• Press the Delete button
• Press Done when finished using the editor.

Notes

• A word may not be defined in the Advanced Pronunciation Editor if it is already defined in the Basic Editor.
• The substring match character (&) recognized in the Basic Editor is not implemented in the Advanced Editor.
• Regular Expressions and Masks recognized in the Basic Editor are not implemented in the Advanced Editor.

Related Topics

Basic Pronunciation Editor

Engines / Voices Panel