Phonetic Alphabets for AT&T Natural Voices

To change how AT&T Natural Voices pronounces a word, you input phonemic strings in the Custom Dictionary Editor (QCE). A phonemic string is a sequence of phonemic and stress symbols that correspond to particular sounds. For example, using the phoneme “p ow t aa 1 t ow” modifies the pronunciation for the word, “potato”.

DARPA US English Phonetic Alphabet

Phoneme	Example	Transcription
aa	Bob	b aa b 1
ae	bat	b ae t 1
ah	but	b ah t 1
ao	bought	b ao t 1
aw	down	d aw n 1
ax	about	ax 0 b aw t 1
ay	bite	b ay t 1
b	bet	b eh t 1
ch	church	ch er ch 1
d	dig	D ih g
dh	that	dh ae t 1
dx	butter	b ah 1 dx er 0
eh	bet	b eh t 1
em	Chatham	ch ae 1 dx em 0
en	satin	s ae 1 q en 0
er	bird	b er d 1
ey	bait	b ey t 1
f	fog	f ao g 1
g	got	g aa t 1
hh	hot	hh aa t 1
ih	bit	b ih t 1
iy	beat	b iy t 1
jh	jump	jh ah m p 1
k	cat	k ae t 1
l	lot	l aa t 1
m	Mom	m aa m 1
n	nod	n aa d 1
ng	sing	s ih ng 1
ow	boat	b ow t 1
oy	boy	b oy 1
p	pot	p aa t 1
q	button	b ah 1 q en 0
r	rat	r ae t 1
s	sit	s ih t 1
sh	shut	sh ah t 1
t	top	t aa p 1
th	thick	th ih k 1
uh	book	b uh k 1
uw	boot	b uw t 1
v	vat	v ae t 1
w	won	w ah n 1
y	you	y uw 1
z	zoo	z uw 1
zh	measure	m eh 1 zh er 0

• 0 Unstressed
• 1 Primary stress
• 2 Secondary stress
• & Word boundary

SAMPA Spanish Phonetic Alphabet

Phoneme	Example	Transcription
a	agua	a 1 g w a 0
e	este	e s 1 t e 0
i	igual	i 0 g w a l 1
o	oso	o 1 s o 0
u	uve	u 1 b e 0
j	oigo	o j 1 g o 0
w	fuera	f w e 1 r a 0
p	parta	p a r 1 t e 0
t	toma	t o 1 m a 0
k	coger	k o 0 x e r 1
b	vaca	b a 1 k a 0
d	cada	k a 1 d a 0
g	hagalo	a 0 g a 1 l o 0
f	flaco	f l a 1 k o 0
s	si	s i 1
x	gente	x e n 1 t e 0
tS	coche	k o 1 tS e 0
jj	ayer	a 0 jj e r 1
jj	llave	jj a 1 b e 0
jj	milla	m i 1 jj a 0
m	mano	m a 1 n o 0
n	nada	n a 1 d a 0
J	España	e s 0 p a 1 J a 0
l	loco	l o 1 k o 0
r	pero	p e 1 r o 0
rr	perro	p e 1 rr o 0