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grapheme-to-phoneme

grapheme-to-phoneme noun: the task of converting graphemes into phonemes.

Noun

grapheme-to-phoneme (uncountable)

  1. The task of converting graphemes into phonemes.
    • Automatic grapheme-to-phoneme conversion was first considered in the context of text-to-speech (TTS) applications. After normalization (expanding abbreviation, numerals, etc.) the input text needs to be converted to a sequence of phonemes which is then used to control a speech synthesizer. The...2008 January 20, Maximilian Bisani and Hermann Ney, “Joint-sequence models for grapheme-to-phoneme conversion”, in Speech Communication, volume 50, number 5, United States, →DOI, pages 434-451
    Synonyms:
    G2P

Synonyms of grapheme-to-phoneme

Questions about grapheme-to-phoneme

What does grapheme-to-phoneme mean?
Grapheme-to-phoneme means the task of converting graphemes into phonemes.
What part of speech is grapheme-to-phoneme?
Grapheme-to-phoneme is a noun.

Words near grapheme-to-phoneme in the dictionary

  1. grapheme cluster
  2. grapheme clusters
  3. grapheme-color
  4. grapheme-phoneme correspondence
  5. grapheme-phoneme correspondences
  6. grapheme-to-phoneme
  7. graphemes
  8. graphemic
  9. graphemically
  10. graphemics
  11. graphene

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