This page describe how to define a grammar with phonetic spellings. You can specify phonetic spelling in BNF and XML grammars. The phonetics spellings depend on the language use. You have to use the phoneme symbols of the language.
Vestec give a some documentations to write grammars.
Their are located in /usr/share/doc/Vestec/vasre/
Here is an example of phonetic use : The name “Tkocz” is pronunce in french : tecoach.
The grammar can be written like this :
<item>Dominique "{t @ s o t S:Tkocz}"<tag>out='Dominique Tkocz'; </tag></item>
<item>"{t @ s o t S:Tkocz}"<tag>out='Tkocz'; </tag></item>
This list come from Vestec : /usr/share/doc/Vestec/vasre/phoneme_list_fr-FR
Phoneme Example Transcription ============================= @ le l @ A afin A f e~ E airbus E r b y s G heure G r G~ une G~ n H huile H i l J besogne b @ z O J N meeting m i t i N O homme O m S chose S o z T euro T r o Z je Z @ a âge a Z a~ enfin a~ f e~ b bien b j e~ d de d @ e effectivement e f E k t i v @ m a~ e~ impose e~ p o z f film f i l m g gaspillage g A s p i j A Z h oui h w i i il i l j youyous j u j u k que k @ l lui l H i m me m @ n ne n @ o autre o t r o~ ombre o~ b r p pour p u r r dire d i r s ce s @ t tu t y u outil u t i v venir v @ n i r w oindre w e~ d r y sur s y r z zone z o n
This list come from Vestec : /usr/share/doc/Vestec/vasre/phoneme_list_en-US
Phoneme Example Transcription ============================= aa archive aa r k ay v ae aptitude ae p t ah t uw d ah upgrade ah p g r ey d ao off ao f aw out aw t ay isolate ay s ah l ey t b bus b ah s ch change ch ey n jh d duck d ah k dh they dh ey eh end eh n d er urgency er jh ah n s iy ey angel ey n jh ah l f forum f ao r ah m g gap g ae p hh hive hh ay v ih infant ih n f ah n t iy email iy m ey l jh joke jh ow k k clue k l uw l luck l ah k m mouth m aw th n noodle n uw d ah l ng drink d r ih ng k ow open ow p ah n oy oiling oy l ih ng p put p uh t r rim r ih m s some s ah m sh shy sh ay t tag t ae g th thank th ae ng k uh book b uh k uw food f uw d v void v oy d w worm w er m y you y uw z zoo z uw zh leasure l eh zh er
This list come from Vestec : /usr/share/doc/Vestec/vasre/phoneme_list_es-ES
Phoneme Example Transcription ============================= B sabe s a B e D tarde t a r D e G fuego f w e G o J año a J o L allí a L i N nunca n u N k a T zona T o n a a abajo a B a x o b boca b o k a d dedo d e D o e entrar e n t r a r f flor f l o r g ganar g a n a r i incluir i N k l w i r j rey rr e j jj suya s u jj a k cabo k a B o l libre l i B r e m madre m a D r e n nombre n o m b r e o oír o i r p par p a r r pero p e r o rr rico rr i k o s saber s a B e r t tal t a l tS chica tS i k a u unir u n i r w pues p w e s x junto x u n t o z cosmos k o z m o s