*.csv vs. *.chl Dictionaries
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:59 pm
Jim, Percy,
As you know when TA3 installs, it puts the dictionary in the directory C:\......\Dictionaries\ with a *.chl extension.
When Bridget from NeoSpeech installs it creates the following 3 files, one of which is a dictionary with a *.csv extension.
The 3 Installed files:
UserDicBre.exe is the British English Pronunciation Editor,
userdict_bre.csv is the British English User Dictionary,
UserDicBre_e.chm is the help file for the British English Pronunciation Editor.
According to the help file, Bridget uses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
I have played around with this editor and the symbols of the IPA and found that I can get a better pronunciation for some words than using the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance of TA3. The Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance does not seem to allow the use of the IPA symbols or Phonemes. The test button is grayed out even though I think Bridget supports Phonemes.
Unfortunately the Bridget Pronunciation Editor works with *.csv files while the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance of TA3 works with *.chl files.
Is there any way to integrate the two, or use the IPA symbols in the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance?
John
As you know when TA3 installs, it puts the dictionary in the directory C:\......\Dictionaries\ with a *.chl extension.
When Bridget from NeoSpeech installs it creates the following 3 files, one of which is a dictionary with a *.csv extension.
The 3 Installed files:
UserDicBre.exe is the British English Pronunciation Editor,
userdict_bre.csv is the British English User Dictionary,
UserDicBre_e.chm is the help file for the British English Pronunciation Editor.
According to the help file, Bridget uses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
I have played around with this editor and the symbols of the IPA and found that I can get a better pronunciation for some words than using the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance of TA3. The Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance does not seem to allow the use of the IPA symbols or Phonemes. The test button is grayed out even though I think Bridget supports Phonemes.
Unfortunately the Bridget Pronunciation Editor works with *.csv files while the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance of TA3 works with *.chl files.
Is there any way to integrate the two, or use the IPA symbols in the Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance?
John