Use just 39 sounds to make any english word

[donovanmagryta]

Hi,

Have you considered using the 39 sounds that compose almost all english words to more efficiently use memory?

For example:

Phoneme Example Translation
------- ------- -----------
AA odd AA D
AE at AE T
AH hut HH AH T
AO ought AO T
AW cow K AW
AY hide HH AY D
B be B IY
CH cheese CH IY Z
D dee D IY
DH thee DH IY
EH Ed EH D
ER hurt HH ER T
EY ate EY T
F fee F IY
G green G R IY N
HH he HH IY
IH it IH T
IY eat IY T
JH gee JH IY
K key K IY
L lee L IY
M me M IY
N knee N IY
NG ping P IH NG
OW oat OW T
OY toy T OY
P pee P IY
R read R IY D
S sea S IY
SH she SH IY
T tea T IY
TH theta TH EY T AH
UH hood HH UH D
UW two T UW
V vee V IY
W we W IY
Y yield Y IY L D
Z zee Z IY
ZH seizure S IY ZH ER

[cribcat]

I am working on that based from the SPO-al2 speech synth chip data sheet from GI. The chip uses about 80mA @ 5V so an AVR or PIC solution is desired. The encoding of the phonemes is tedious work. The end result should be around 64 phonemes which average out to about 50 bytes each plus the arduino code@ 3600 bytes. Would like to code it in assembler but I don't understand CPP well enough to Port it. Great algorithm for speech experimenters though.