- From: Martin J. Duerst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:26:53 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: > > The <span spellout>BBC</span> tonight reported heavy > > shelling on the Boznian capital. > > Looks good to me. As for specifying pronunciation, how about: > > The <span speech="ku+po-n">coupon</span> was ten cents off. > > Phonetics get a bit tricky, and then there are all those regional > variations (could get fun, actually! <span speech="teiuksus teeeeii"> > texas tea</span>). When we go in that direction, we should take advantage of the fact that Unicode/ISO 10646 contain the full IPA alphabet. Not as easy to learn, write, or read, but a lot more precise and general. Regards, Martin.
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