DESCRIPTION
UoA-TtS-PA is a phonetic alphabet, which accommodates the requirements of a
Text-to-Speech diphone based system rather than a phonetic application. It is
oriented to TtS. The reason for developing this alphabet raised from our efforts
to build diphone databases for several synthesizers (LPC, MBROLA).
| Version | 1 |
| Platform | Hellenic |
| UoA-TtS-PA | SAMPA equivalent | Example | Hellenic transcription (ISO8859-7) | English transcription |
| _ | _ | (silence) | (παύση) | (pause) |
| p | p | patAta | πατάτα | potato |
| b | b | balOni | μπαλόνι | baloon |
| t | t | tirOpita | τυρόπιττα | cheesepie |
| d | d | dInome | ντύνομαι | get dressed |
| k | k | kalAmi | καλάμι | cane |
| c | c | cerI | κερί | candle |
| g | g | gremIzo | γκρεμίζω | blast |
| q | gj | aqelIa | αγγελία | announcement |
| f | f | fotinO | φωτεινό | luminous |
| v | v | vuLAzo | βουλιάζω | sink |
| T | T | Talassa | θάλασσα | sea |
| D | D | DAskalos | δάσκαλος | teacher |
| s | s | salAta | σαλάτα | salad |
| z | z | zoGraficI | ζωγραφική | paint |
| G | G | GAla | γάλα | milk |
| j | jj, j | jortI, vjEno | γιορτή, βγαίνω | celebration, go out |
| x | x | xarUmenos | χαρούμενος | happy |
| C | C | CEri | χέρι | hand |
| m | m | mATima | μάθημα | lesson |
| M | M | apaneMA | απανεμιά | calm |
| n | n | nanUrisma | νανούρισμα | lullaby |
| N | nj | NaurIzo | νιαουρίζω | meow |
| V | ng | aVgaLAzo | αγκαλιάζω | bosom |
| r | r | ropI | ροπή | torsion |
| R | r | tRopI | τροπή | turn |
| l | l | lAva | λάβα | lava |
| L | lj | LOno | λιώνω | melt |
| S | ts | SalakOno | τσαλακώνω | crumple |
| Z | dz | ZamarIa | τζαμαρία | glass |
| X | ks | XirAfi | ξυράφι | razor |
| Y | ps | YAri | ψάρι | fish |
| a | a | aEras | αέρας | wind |
| e | e | elpIDa | ελπίδα | hope |
| i | i | irIni | ειρήνη | peace |
| o | o | Oros | όρος | clause |
| u | u | uranOs | ουρανός | sky |
Limitations
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All the combinations of clusters are valid apart from the cases: