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Computer-coded phonetic transcription

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

John C. Wells
John C. Wells
Affiliation:
Dept. of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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Speech databases on Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian are being set up as part of an Esprit-funded project, ‘Speech Assessment Methods’ (SAM), which is concerned with the establishment of standardized assessment methods for automatic speech recognition devices. An important aspect of this work is the devising of a standard set of conventions for the machine-readable phonetic transcription of these languages. This matter was discussed at a two-day meeting in London devoted to aspects of the organization of speech databases, which was attended by participants from SAM Partners in the five currently participating countries (Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom), together with representatives from the German Federal Republic. Participants agreed that a compromise based on the three existing multilingual proposals could be achieved: its broad outlines were agreed, while the elaboration of detail was left to the present author and this report.

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Phonetics Software for Personal Computers
Information
Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 1987 , pp. 94 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1987

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