[OSM-talk] pronunciation tag

[Sebastian Spaeth]

Lauri Hahne wrote:
> 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.

>> pronounce=deevisadeero
>>
>> or something similar readable by humans and flying computers that talk.

Yes, I am also for something more standard like SAMPA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMPA_chart_for_English