Method and system for syllable parsing
AssigneeFonix Corporation
InventorsMichael E. Manwaring, Steven F. McDaniel, Kara Felix, Melissa Wallentine, Starla Blackburn
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Abstract
A method and system consistent with the present invention parses text into syllables. The text is converted into a sequence of “phonemes,” basic units of pronounceable and audible speech, divided by syllables. The text may be converted into phonemes using a phonetic dictionary, and the phonemes transformed into another phoneme sequence using a set of transformation rules that are ranked for evaluation to determine the syllable barriers.
Claims8
A method for parsing syllables in a data processor according to transformation rules, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a text string;
- converting the text string into a first phoneme sequence;
- transforming the first phoneme sequence into a second sequence of phonemes according to the transformation rules;
- forming a ranking of the phonemes of the second phoneme sequence according to predetermined criteria;
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- parsing the second phoneme sequence into syllables using the ranking.
A data processing system for parsing syllables, comprising:
- a phonetic converter subsystem that receives a text string and converts the text string into a first phoneme sequence;
- a phonetic transformer that receives and applies transformation rules to the first phoneme sequence to form a second sequence and phonemes;
- an evaluator that assigns rankings to the phonemes in the second phoneme sequence according to predetermined criteria;
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- a syllable parser that receives the second phoneme sequence and uses the rankings to parse the phonemes in the second sequence into syllables.
A data processing system for parsing syllables according to transformation rules, comprising:
- means for converting text into a first phoneme sequence;
- means for transforming the first phoneme sequence into a second sequence of phonemes according to the transformation rules;
- means for forming a ranking of the phonemes in the second phoneme sequence according to predetermined criteria;
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- means for parsing the second phoneme sequence using the ranking.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing by a processor a method for parsing syllables according to transformation rules, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a text string;
- converting the text string into a first phoneme sequence;
- transforming the first phoneme sequence into a second sequence of phonemes according to the transformation rules;
- forming a ranking of the phonemes of the second phoneme sequence according to predetermined criteria;
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- parsing the second phoneme sequence into syllables using the ranking.
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