Providing a repository of audio files having pronunciations for text strings to provide to a speech synthesizer

A system for providing audio pronunciations to a speech synthesizer to use to convert text to speech in a document, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that when executed by the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• providing data structures in a repository for text strings in documents, wherein a data structure for a text string in a document indicates at least one attribute of a presentation of the text string in the document and at least one audio file providing at least one audio pronunciation of the text string;
• receiving, from the speech synthesizer, a search text string and a search attribute;
• determining a data structure in the repository including a text string and an attribute matching the search text string and the search attribute, respectively;
• and
• returning an audio file, indicated in the determined data structure, to the speech synthesizer to output for the search text string in a document being processed by the speech synthesizer.

A method for providing audio pronunciations to a speech synthesizer to use to convert text to speech in a document, comprising:

• providing data structures in a repository for text strings in documents, wherein a data structure for a text string in a document indicates at least one attribute of a presentation of the text string in the document and at least one audio file providing at least one audio pronunciation of the text string;
• receiving, from the speech synthesizer, a search text string and a search attribute;
• determining a data structure in the repository including a text string and an attribute matching the search text string and the search attribute, respectively;
• and
• returning an audio file, indicated in the determined data structure, to the speech synthesizer to output for the search text string in a document being processed by the speech synthesizer.