[OSM-talk] pronunciation tag

[Lauri Hahne]

I think some standard form should be used if we ever want to do
something like this. Although IPA is the official standard, it isn't
very computer or user friendly. Therefore I think something like
SAMPA, MRPA or X-SAMPA should be used. These are used to some extend
among linguistics and are all based on ASCII. These would also relieve
the pain of trying to figure out what something would be in phonetic
pseudo-english.


2008/6/24 SteveC <steve at asklater.com>:
> So it would be nice if we could tag how things sound as well as what
> they're called. GPS devices are starting to try (badly) at speaking
> out the names of things.
>
> Now there are some ways of marking this up already, but they look
> awful and require a degree in linguistics, viz
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
> (pronounced /ˌsuːpɚˌkælɪˌfrædʒəlˌɪstɪkˌɛkspiːˌælɪ
> ˈdoʊʃəs/)
>
>
> One of the badly pronounced streets in San Francisco is Divisadero.
> So, I propose that we do something like
>
> pronounce=deevisadeero
>
> or something similar readable by humans and flying computers that talk.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best
>
> Steve
>
>
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Lauri Hahne