[OSM-talk] handling street names in speech

[Rory McCann]

I don't think this counts as “tagging for the renderer”, which is more 
about adding false data to “make the map look like what you want” (e.g. 
“I want a blue line here, like the `route=ferry` line, so I'll use that”).

I think it could be very helpful for place names which aren't pronounced 
the way you pronounce regular English words. e.g. in Ireland: “Dun 
Laoghaire” [dun leary], “Tallaght” [tala], “Youghal” [yal], “Portlaoise” 
[port leash]. This could be a problem even in England with places like 
“Reading”, “Worchester”, “Cirencester”.

On 17/07/2019 00:54, Andrew Errington wrote:
> I think this is a rendering issue (i.e. rendering speech instead of 
> graphics) and as such does not belong in OSM.
> 
> The work to convert an arbitrary string into speech belongs in the TTS 
> engine.
> 
> If we start putting IPA strings in OSM then we will start getting 
> arguments about the "correct" pronunciation. At the very least it is 
> tagging for the renderer, which we should avoid.
> 
> IMHO, of course.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 09:20 Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com 
> <mailto:gdt at lexort.com>> wrote:
> 
>     John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>>
>     writes:
> 
>      > One or two are problematic usually as the street name is an
>      > abbreviation.    For example 1e Avenue in French meaning First
>     Avenue.
>      >
>      > Any suggestions on how these should be handled?  This particular
>      > application is aimed at partially sighted people but I feel we should
>      > be able to come up with a generic solution.
> 
>     Two comments:
> 
>        osm norms are to expand abbreviations, as I understand it.  So that
>        should be fixed first
> 
>        Even after that, we have ref tags, and there is often a road
>     whose ref
>        is something like "CT 2", "US 1", or "I 95".  I don't really think
>        this should be expanded in the database.  Instead, what's needed is a
>        table in the application, perhaps centrally maintained in OSM, of how
>        to pronounce standardize ref abbreviations.  Putting phonetics of
>        "connecticut" on all use of CT or the expanded name is not
>     reasonable.
> 
> 
>     But I agree this needs help.  I get told to turn on "Court 2" and "Ma
>     2".  Luckily I understand this by now and it actually works ok.  But it
>     does need fixing.
> 
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