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If you got that impression, obviously I either wasn't paying attention, or I didn't communicate clearly! Sorry. Perhaps I was having a rant about Webster's notation instead of focussing on what people trying to use PrEditor might need. I'll go and stand in the corner with a pointy hat on for a while ;-)
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Only because it was your suggestion, David, unless I misunderstood an earlier discussion about this. I was originally going to just add X-SAMPA and keep the Trillium and Webster notations there for backward compatibility, but I thought you suggested just getting rid of them.
I'm happy to keep them, but they would only be options when working with English. I would suggest, however, that the tools eventually transition to using either IPA or X-SAMPA internally as the canonical form since they are language independent.
Seems very reasonable. In a world where effort was free, one could have a phonetic notation creation tool and allow people to have their own custom choice as an option. It was satisfying that the OED went for IPA. What about Japanese, Chinese? Some of these problems have to be deferred I think.
d.
Eric
On Oct 19, 2006, at 6:18 PM, David Hill wrote: Hi Eric,* to the user. Support for Websters notation has been eliminated.
The reason for having Webster's in there was so that non-technical people could readily relate their individual dictionary requirements to a standard dictionary pronunciation notation -- given that PrEditor is intended for personalised (per Individual or Application) extensions/substitutions for what the main dictionary & letter-to-sound rules deliver.
I can see why you'd like to have SAMPA-X in there, but why eliminate the Webster's notation.
Best.
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