Sony ERS-210 - Manual (Page 36)

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List of pronunciation symbols
(List of phonemes)
When you enter the following pronunciation symbols (phonemes), AIBO can read
the corresponding words aloud.
Example: pronunciation for "hello":
h eh l ow
For improved accuracy, the primary (1), secondary (2) stress markers, and the
syllabic markers (-) can be added to the pronunciation.
Example: pronunciation for "hello" using the primary stress (1) and syllabic (-)
markers:
h eh - l ow 1
Each phoneme entry should be delimited with a space.
American English Phoneme Table (American English
Pronunciation Symbol Table)
SYM Example SYM Example
. Sentence terminator (period)
? Sentence terminator (question
mark)
_ Silence (underscore)
1 Primary stress
- Syllable boundary (hyphen)
! Sentence terminator
(exclamation mark)
& word boundary
, Sentence separator (comma)