Virtual Agent 1 Dialog Manager Resources Input Technologies Output Technologies Data User © 2013 by Larson Technical Services Pronunciation Lexicon Pronunciation Lexicon
Pronunciation Requires extensive linguistic expertise and experience Multiple notations for representing pronunciation © 2013 by Larson Technical Services2
IPA Consonants © 2013 by Larson Technical Services3
IPA Vowels © 2013 by Larson Technical Services4
A Library? Share descriptions with multiple applications Trained expert creates the library, so application developers don’t need linguistic skills © 2013 by Larson Technical Services5
Pronunciation Lexicon Specification— PLS tomato təmei̥ɾou̥ UTF-8 representation for IPA phonetic string "təmei̥ɾou̥" © 2013 by Larson Technical Services6