Davel, MMartirosian, O2009-09-292009-09-292009-09Davel, M and Martirosian, O. 2009. Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments. 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2009). Brighton, UK, 6-10 September, 2009. pp 2851-28541990-9772http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3620Copyright: 2009 ISCA. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ISCA for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the Conference Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2009). Brighton, UK, 6-10 September 2009, pp 2851-2854The deployment of speech technology systems in the developing world is often hampered by the lack of appropriate linguistic resources. A suitable pronunciation dictionary is one such resource that can be difficult to obtain for lesser-resourced languages. Researchers design a process for the development of pronunciation dictionaries in resource-scarce environments, and apply this to the development of pronunciation dictionaries for ten of the official languages of South Africa. The paper defines the semiautomated development and verification process in detail and discusses practicalities, outcomes and lessons learnt. It further analyse the accuracy of the developed dictionaries and demonstrate how the distribution of rules generated from the dictionaries provides insight into the inherent predictability of the languages studied.enLinguistic resourcesPronunciation dictionariesResource scarce languagesDictionary verification protocolDictionary development protocolLwazi dictionaries10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication AssociationInterspeech 2009Speech technology systemsSpeech communicationConference PresentationDavel, M., & Martirosian, O. (2009). Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments. International Speech Communication Association. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3620Davel, M, and O Martirosian. "Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3620Davel M, Martirosian O, Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments; International Speech Communication Association; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3620 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Davel, M AU - Martirosian, O AB - The deployment of speech technology systems in the developing world is often hampered by the lack of appropriate linguistic resources. A suitable pronunciation dictionary is one such resource that can be difficult to obtain for lesser-resourced languages. Researchers design a process for the development of pronunciation dictionaries in resource-scarce environments, and apply this to the development of pronunciation dictionaries for ten of the official languages of South Africa. The paper defines the semiautomated development and verification process in detail and discusses practicalities, outcomes and lessons learnt. It further analyse the accuracy of the developed dictionaries and demonstrate how the distribution of rules generated from the dictionaries provides insight into the inherent predictability of the languages studied. DA - 2009-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Linguistic resources KW - Pronunciation dictionaries KW - Resource scarce languages KW - Dictionary verification protocol KW - Dictionary development protocol KW - Lwazi dictionaries KW - 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association KW - Interspeech 2009 KW - Speech technology systems KW - Speech communication LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 1990-9772 T1 - Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments TI - Pronunciation dictionary development in resource-scarce environments UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3620 ER -