Phonetization of Arabic: Rules and algorithms

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-373

  El Imam, Yousif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

GRAPHEMES; PHONEMES; PHONETIZATION; STANDARD ARABIC (SA);

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544282647     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2308(03)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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