Dictionary Edit Docs

What is it? DictionaryEdit is an application for editing the pronunciation dictionaries used by text-to- speech applications which use the Speech Manager, such as So To Speak, Speaker, the IRC client Homer, the game Strip-Mac and others. It uses the Speech Manager, and Drag and Drop if installed. How much does it cost? DictionaryEdit is shareware. In other words, if you use it, you must pay for it. I have put a lot of effort into making this program the best dictionary editor around (OK, there aren’t all that many), with excellent ease of use, and a good-looking interface. If you use it for more than simply evaluation purposes, then you are obliged to send me either $15 or £10, to the address below. When I receive your payment, I will email you details of how you can eliminate the 10- entry limit on dictionaries. Please send your shareware fees, with your email address, to: Simon Fraser Santa Fe Institute 1399 Hyde Park Road Santa Fe NM 87501 and if you have any queries regarding the software, feel free to e-mail to: smfr@santafe.edu (Internet) DictionaryEdit is Copyright © Simon Fraser 1994–95, all rights reserved. It is supplied ‘as is’, and you use it entirely at your own risk. I hold no responsibility for damage or loss of data incurred as a result of its use. DictionaryEdit may be freely distributed by non profit-making organizations and user groups, so long as it is accompanied by this documentation. It may not be distributed on CD-ROM or other media by profit-making organizations (e.g. on magazine cover disks) without my express permission, obtainable by e.mailing the address above. Why use dictionaries? Dictionaries are used to substitute words in the text to be spoken with others, either to correct idiosyncrasies in pronunciation, for localization purposes, or just for fun! They are kept in resources of type ‘dict’, which are loaded by the speaking application with the UseDictionary command. From the Apple documentation: No matter how sophisticated a speech synthesis system is, there will always be words that it does not automatically pronounce correctly. The clearest instance of words that are often mispronounced is the class of proper names (names of people, place names, and so on). One way to get around this fundamental limitation is to use a dictionary of pronunciations. Whenever a speech synthesizer needs to determine the proper phonemic representation for a particular word, it first looks for the word in its dictionaries. Pronunciation dictionary entries contain information that enables precise conversion between text and the correct phoneme codes. They also provide stress, intonation, and other information to help speech synthesizers produce more natural speech. If the word in question is found in the dictionary, then the synthesizer uses the information from …