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This paper proposes to build conversion system of Korean standard pronunciation using IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet), based on morpheme analysis information and phoneme information.
Generating Korean pronunciation with Korean alphabet cannot transcribe various changed pronunciation which ...

This paper proposes to build conversion system of Korean standard pronunciation using IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet), based on morpheme analysis information and phoneme information.
Generating Korean pronunciation with Korean alphabet cannot transcribe various changed pronunciation which one phonemic makes influenced by morpheme or phoneme environment. So, this paper used IPA has many symbols for transcribe various pronunciation and defined IPA Set contains 50 consonant symbols and 21 vowel symbols.
In order to generate IPA pronunciation, by a word unit, the information whether there is pronunciation effect with previous or post word is decided, and this information is utilized when rules are applied. According to morpheme analysis information and phoneme environment, the rules based on the Standard Pronunciation Rule are applied, and also rules for handling exceptional pronunciation and changed pronunciation are applied.
This system can be used for previous course of voice synthesis systems by providing consistent pronunciation, and also as to confusional pronunciation, can provide correct pronunciation to foreign learners of Korean as well as native speakers.

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