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LoquendoTTS
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American Spanish Language Reference Guide

6.6.0
13 December 2005

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Contents
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American Spanish phonemes .......................................................................................................... 7

Sequences of Digits (Numbers) ....................................................................................................... 9

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1 American Spanish phonemes

IPA symbol

IPA
strings

Loquendo
symbol

Example word

STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED VOWELS

a
a
e
e
i
i
o
o
u
u
p
b
t
d
k

j
w
f
s

x
ts
t
m

r
l

ˈa
`a
a
a
ˈe
`e
e
e
ˈi
`i
i
i
ˈo
`o
o
o
ˈu
`u
u
u
CONSONANTS
p
p
b
b
t̪
tt
d̪
dd
k
k
g
g
ɟ
J
β̞
BH
ð̞
DH
ɰ
GH
j
j
w
w
f
f
s
s
ʃ
$
ʝ
Y
&#120
x
ʦ
Ts
ʧ
T$
m
m
ɱ
M
n
n
ŋ
N
ɲ
Gn
ɲʲ
GN
ɾ
hr
rː
r:
l
l

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caro [k `a hr o]
educador [e DH u k a DH `o hr]
comer [k o m `e hr]
pdenos [p `i DH e n o s]
discutible [dd i s k u tt `i BH l e]
retorica [r: e tt `o hr i k a]
compro [k `o m p hr o]
comprar [k o m p hr `a hr]
cura [k `u hr a]
captulo [k a p `i tt u l o]
capa [k `a p a]
bueno [b w `e n o]
tarde [tt `a hr DH e]
toldo [tt `o l dd o]
loco [l `o k o]
guerra [g `e r: a]
cnyuge [k `o GN J u x e]
amaba [a m `a BH a]
escudo [e s k `u DH o]
llegada [J e GH `a DH a]
rabia [r: `a BH j a]
cuatro [k w `a tt hr o]
fcil [f `a s i l]
consejo [k o n s `e x o]
show [$ `o u]
ayuda [a Y `u DH a]
caja [k `a x a]
pizza [p `i Ts a]
chocolate [T$ o k o l `a tt e]
kama [k `a m a]
infierno [i M f j `e hr n o]
noche [n `o T$ e]
cinco [s `i N k o]
na [n `i Gn a]
mancha [m `a GN T$ a]
coro [k `o hr o]
rpido [r: `a p i DH o]
cola [k `o l a]

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lʲ

GL

colcha [k `o GL T$ a]

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2 Sequences of Digits (Numbers)

Like a word, a number is a sequence - in this case of digits - limited by separators.

Loquendo TTS converts the sequence of digits into the corresponding number using a series of
language-dependent heuristic rules which are capable of resolving most of the ambiguities that can
occur.
Several examples of how Loquendo TTS reads numbers are shown in the table below.

Digits

Read as

25000 - 25.000

veinticincomil

253126 25.31.26 25:31:26

Veinticinco treinta y uno veintiseis

253.126

Doscientos cinquenta y tresmil cientoveintiseis

25/03/03

Veinticinco de marzo de dosmil tres

25.1

Veinticinco uno

25,1

Veinticinco coma uno

25.231,23

Veinticincomil doscientos treinta y uno coma veintitres

12,30 12:30

Doce trenta

65341554654692

sesenta y cnco treinta y cuatro qunce cincuenta y cuatro sesenta

y cinco cuarenta y seis noventa y dos

Table 2 Examples of how digits

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