On 23 Jun 2008, at 18:52, Lauri Hahne wrote: > I think some standard form should be used if we ever want to do > something like this. Although IPA is the official standard, it isn't > very computer or user friendly. Therefore I think something like > SAMPA, MRPA or X-SAMPA should be used. These are used to some extend > among linguistics and are all based on ASCII. These would also relieve > the pain of trying to figure out what something would be in phonetic > pseudo-english.
can you summarise these with examples? > > > > 2008/6/24 SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So it would be nice if we could tag how things sound as well as what >> they're called. GPS devices are starting to try (badly) at speaking >> out the names of things. >> >> Now there are some ways of marking this up already, but they look >> awful and require a degree in linguistics, viz >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious >> >> (pronounced /ˌsuːpɚˌkælɪˌfrædʒəlˌɪstɪkˌɛkspiːˌælɪ >> ˈdoʊʃəs/) >> >> >> One of the badly pronounced streets in San Francisco is Divisadero. >> So, I propose that we do something like >> >> pronounce=deevisadeero >> >> or something similar readable by humans and flying computers that >> talk. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Best >> >> Steve >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > > -- > Lauri Hahne Best Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
