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Audio feedbackVocalizer provides immediate feedback on your entries in the Word Details andScratchpad sections.The System Pronunciation field displays the current phonetic translation for aselected word, and you can use the Play button next to that field to hear the TTSengine’s pronunciation. When you change the pronunciation of an existingentry, you can hear your modified version, using the Play button next to theUser Pronunciation field.The Scratchpad lets you enter a text string using a dictionary entry, then playeither the user-specified pronunciation or the system’s pronunciation in thatcontext. See “Audio scratchpad” on page 64.62Nuance Vocalizer 3.0Developer’s Guide
Word detailsThe Word Details section defines the usage and phonetic characteristics of yourentry through the following fields:■■■■■Spelling—Displays the entryPart of speech—Displays the entry’s linguistic roleSay As (in the Acronym Editor only)—Displays the text expansion foracronymsUser Pronunciation—Displays the user-defined phonetic translationSystem Pronunciation—Displays the system’s phonetic translationPhoneme setPronunciation is built with phonemes. Vocalizer’s phonetic translation is basedon the Computer Phonetic Alphabet (CPA). The CPA is also used by the NuanceSystem to build pronunciations in Nuance recognition dictionaries.The Phoneme Set contains a complete list of phonemes, along with stressmarkers and a syllable separator, which you can use to build pronunciations foryour entries. You can use the Play button beside each phoneme to hear thesystem’s pronunciation and determine your selection. Clicking on the phonemeinserts it at the current cursor position of the User Pronunciation.Auto-phonetictranscriptionInserting stressmarkersWhen you enter new words and new expansions for acronyms in the Say Asfield, Vocalizer automatically provides a phonetic translation for your entry.Based on the TTS engine’s pronunciation, you can modify the phonetictranslation appropriately.In addition to the phonetic translation, your pronunciation definition caninclude stress markers for improved prosody:MarkerSymbolPrimary Stress Single quote (‘)Secondary Stress Period (.)Syllable separator Dash (-)Enter stress markers immediately preceding the syllable to be accented. Forexample:Chapter 8 Customizing your application’s dictionaryFeatures of the Dictionary Editor63
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About this guideNuance Vocalizer pr
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Chapter 1Introducing NuanceVocalize
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Chapter 2Installing Nuance Vocalize
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Installing Nuance VocalizerInstalli
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Chapter 3Configuring Vocalizer with
Page 23 and 24: Starting a Vocalizer TTS serverComm
Page 25 and 26: vocalizer lm.Addresses=hostname:847
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Page 39 and 40: Chapter 4Playing TTS prompts fromyo
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Page 55 and 56: Chapter 5Starting Vocalizer through
Page 57 and 58: ■Vocalizer configuration■■■
Page 59 and 60: Chapter 6Preprocessing text input6V
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Page 63 and 64: Distributing changesSome email sign
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Page 81 and 82: Chapter 9Techniques for enhancingau
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Page 89 and 90: NumbersCardinals and ordinalsVocali
Page 91 and 92: FractionsVocalizer recognizes fract
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Page 95 and 96: Input textOutput textU.K. formats45
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Page 99 and 100: Appendix AText processing forCanadi
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Page 111 and 112: Input textCO. 44666-1234OutputColor
Page 113 and 114: Input texthttp://support.nuance.com
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Input textOutput6 Ene. 2004 seis de
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Input textMrs. Chandler7449 Rupert
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IndexAalaw encoding 13APIs 27Nuance
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portschanging settings 20dictionary
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