30006 Parallax Inc, 30006 Datasheet - Page 11

• Manufacturer Part Number: 30006
• Description: MODULE EMIC TTS SIP FEMALE
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc

Specifications of 30006

• Module/board Type: Text-to-Speech SIP Module
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: Parallax microcontroller
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

The following table lists the phoneme symbols that are accepted by the Emic Platform.
Each phoneme is represented by exactly one character and each vowel is preceded by a pitch symbol (represented
by a number 1 or 0). Each word has a single "1" stress which represents the main stress of the word. All other
syllables in the word have "0" stress. For example, the phonetic translation of "testing" would be "t1Est0IG".
Phonetic strings can be sent directly to the Emic Platform by embedding phoneme strings into the text stream that is
desired for conversion. To embed a phoneme string, the string must be preceded by a Control-P character (^P, 0x10)
and terminated by a space character (0x20). For example, "The quick ^Pbw1Wn fox."
The phonetic alphabet can be used to specify particular pronunciations for greater control. For example, many
English words, even common ones, have multiple valid phoneme transcriptions. In some cases, one transcription
may sound better than others. Exploring variant phonetic transcriptions can solve many output problems. Developers
of TTS applications are often tempted to fix pronunciation problems by using aberrant spellings of words, but phonetic
transcriptions should be used instead as they provide a more detailed control.
Parallax, Inc. • Emic Text-To-Speech Module (#30006) • 02/2005
Phoneme
i
I
e
E
@
u
U
o
c
a
A
R
O
Y
W
x
X
Vowels
Hex
Value
0x69
0x49
0x65
0x45
0x40
0x75
0x55
0x6F
0x63
0x61
0x41
0x52
0x4F
0x59
0x57
0x78
0x58
Example
beat
bit
bait
bet
bat
boot
book
boat
bought
Bob
but
burr
boy
buy
down
about
roses
Phoneme Hex
p
t
k
b
d
g
h
f
T
D
s
S
v
z
Z
y
w
r
l
m
n
G
C
J
P
Q
Consonants
Value
0x70
0x74
0x6B
0x62
0x64
0x67
0x68
0x66
0x54
0x44
0x73
0x53
0x76
0x7A
0x5A
0x79
0x77
0x72
0x6C
0x6D
0x6E
0x47
0x43
0x4A
0x50
0x51
Example
pet
ten
kit
bet
debt
get
hat
fat
thing
that
sat
shut
vat
zoo
azure
you
wit
rent
let
met
net
sing
church
judge
butter
written
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