The problem
Voice systems struggle with local place names and surnames.
What to build
Create a tool that generates and tests pronunciations for names and feeds them to speech systems.
Success looks like
Reduced recognition errors on a list of local names compared with a default setup.
Suggested technologies
- Phonetics
- Lexicon building
- Speech recognition
- Evaluation
- Data collection
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