Custom pronunciation is supported on Mist v1 and v2 only. Coda, Arcana, and Mist v3 do not yet support phonemizeBetweenBrackets.
phonemizeBetweenBrackets: true on the request. For the full request mechanic, see Custom pronunciation.
For example, the word custom is represented as {k1Ast0xm}. Even made-up words work — gorbulets becomes {g1orby0ul2Ets}.
Vowels
| Symbol | Use in an English word |
|---|
| @ | bat |
| a | hot |
| A | butt |
| W | about |
| x | comma |
| Y | bite |
| E | bet |
| R | bird, foreword |
| e | bait |
| I | bit |
| i | beat |
| o | boat |
| O | boy |
| U | book |
| u | boot |
| N | button |
Consonants
| Symbol | Use in an English word |
|---|
| b | buy |
| C | China |
| d | die |
| D | thy |
| f | fight |
| g | guy |
| h | high |
| J | jive |
| k | kite |
| l | lie |
| m | my |
| n | nigh |
| G | sing |
| p | pie |
| r | rye |
| s | sigh |
| S | shy |
| t | tie |
| T | thigh |
| v | vie |
| w | wise |
| y | yacht |
| z | zoo |
| Z | pleasure |
Stress
For primary stress, put 1 before the relevant vowel. For example, comma is {k1am0x}.
For secondary stress, put 2 in front of the relevant vowel. For example, auctioneer is {2akS0In1ir}.
All other vowels should have a 0 in front of them.
Generating a string automatically
You don’t have to compose phonetic strings symbol by symbol. Post a recording of the word to the Phonemize API and it returns a transcription in this alphabet, stress markers included:
curl -X POST https://optimize.rime.ai/phonemize \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $RIME_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: audio/wav" \
--data-binary @speech.wav
# => {"audioId": "...", "phonemeString": "h0El1o !", "authed": 1}
phonemeString, then use the symbol tables above to fine-tune the result if a vowel or stress placement isn’t quite right.
- Custom pronunciation — how to use phonetic strings in API requests
- Pronunciation control — overview of checking coverage, custom pronunciations, and dictionary additions
- Coverage API — check whether words are in Rime’s dictionary before writing a custom pronunciation
- Phonemize API — generate a phonetic string from an audio recording of the word
