Automated transformation from American English to British English

An apparatus for transforming a voice application prepared for American English speakers for use by British English speakers, the apparatus comprising:

• a first means for analyzing the voice application to identify one or more scripts and one or more grammars, the one or more scripts corresponding to textual material for presentation by one of a text-to-speech system and a human voice talent, the one or more grammars corresponding to descriptions of words that the voice application must be capable of responding to in one or more states;
• a second means for automatically performing spelling and lexical normalization of the one or more scripts and the one or more grammars from American English to British English, the normalization producing one or more predetermined markings, the markings being indicative of words likely to require manual review;
• a third means for permitting manual review of the normalized scripts and grammars;
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• a fourth means for performing phonemic conversions for words in the scripts and the grammars from American English pronunciations to British English pronunciations.