RE: [PLS1.0] i18n comment: TTS vs. ASR in 4.5

Hi Paolo,
 
Please see the comments at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-voice/2006AprJun/0118.html.
 
Thanks,
RI


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From: Baggia Paolo [mailto:paolo.baggia@loquendo.com] 
Sent: 26 May 2006 15:20
To: www-voice@w3.org
Cc: Baggia Paolo; Richard Ishida
Subject: Re: [PLS1.0] i18n comment: TTS vs. ASR in 4.5



Issue R103-26

Proposed Classification: Clarification / Typo / Editorial 

Resolution: Reject 

The following text appears in Section 4.5 [1]: 

"In order to remove the need for duplication of pronunciation information to cope with the above variations, the <lexeme> element may contain more than one <grapheme> element to define the base orthography and any variants which should share the pronunciations." 

We believe that there is general utility, beyond text-to-speech, for supporting multiple graphemes. To illustrate one such case, the following lexicon might be used for US English: 

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 <lexicon version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon"

       alphabet="ipa" xml:lang="en-US">

     

     <lexeme> 

       <grapheme>judgment<\grapheme> 

       <grapheme>judgement<\grapheme> 

       <phoneme>ˈʤʌʤ.mənt<\phoneme> 

     <\lexeme> 

     <lexeme> 

       <grapheme>fiancé<\grapheme> 

       <grapheme>fiance<\grapheme> 

       <phoneme>fiˈɑ̃ːn.seɪ<\phoneme> 

       <phoneme>ˌfiː.ɑːnˈseɪ<\phoneme> 

     <\lexeme> 

 </lexicon>

In text-to-speech documents, as has been noted, 

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 <speak version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"

   xml:lang="en-US">

     

     <lexicon uri="http://www.example.com/lexicon_defined_above.xml"/> 

     

     <p> In the judgement of my fiancé, Las Vegas is the best place for a honeymoon.

       I replied that I preferred Venice and didn't think the Venetian casino was an

       acceptable compromise.<\p> 

 </speak>

but also in speech recognition grammars, 

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 <grammar version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar" 

   xml:lang="en-US" root="movies">

     

     <lexicon uri="http://www.example.com/lexicon_defined_above.xml"/> 

     

     <rule id="movies" scope="public"> 

       <one-of> 

         <item>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\item> 

         <item>My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance<\item> 

         <item>Pluto's Judgement Day<\item> 

       <\one-of> 

     <\rule> 

 </grammar>

We feel that this is used both for TTS and ASR therefore we reject your proposal to add only "text-to-speech".

Please indicate whether you are satisfied with the VBWG's resolution, whether you think there has been a misunderstanding, or whether you wish to register an objection. 

[1]  <http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-pronunciation-lexicon-20060131/> http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-pronunciation-lexicon-20060131/#S4.5 

Paolo Baggia, editor PLS spec.

P.S. If you have trouble to see the IPA codes, please ask me. I’ll upload a HTML

document and send you the URI.

From: < <mailto:ishida@w3.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BPLS1.0%5D%20i18n%20comment%3A%20TTS%20vs.%20ASR%20in%204.5&In-Reply-To=%253C20060321175010.01B574F400%40homer.w3.org%253E&References=%253C20060321175010.01B574F400%40homer.w3.org%253E> ishida@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:50:11 +0000
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 Comment from the i18n review of:

  <http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-pronunciation-lexicon-20060131/> http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-pronunciation-lexicon-20060131/

 Comment 26

 At  <http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0603-pls10/> http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0603-pls10/

 Editorial/substantive: E

 Owner: RI

 Location in reviewed document:

 4.5, 3rd para

 Comment: 

 "In order to remove the need for duplication of pronunciation information to cope with the above variations, the<lexeme> element may"


 Here is an example of where it might be good to distinguish between TTS and ASR. You could say: "In order to remove the need for duplication of pronunciation information to cope with the above variations during text-to-speech, the <lexeme> element may contain"



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