Package com.sun.speech.freetts.lexicon

Interface LetterToSound

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    LetterToSoundImpl
    public interface LetterToSound
    Provides the phone list for words using letter-to-sound rules. The phone list is implementation dependent.

    • Method Summary

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      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String[] getPhones​(java.lang.String word, java.lang.String partOfSpeech)
      Calculate the phone list for a given word.

    • Method Detail

      • getPhones

        java.lang.String[] getPhones​(java.lang.String word,
                             java.lang.String partOfSpeech)
        Calculate the phone list for a given word. If a phone list cannot be determined, null is returned. The phone list is implementation dependent. The format of the partOfSpeech is also implementation. If the partOfSpeech does not matter, pass in null.
        Parameters:
        word - the word to get the phone list for
        partOfSpeech - the part of speech or null
        Returns:
        the list of phones for word or null