Utility to retrieve phonemes from text
This was developed for wake word detection automation using pocketsphinx, phonemes are retrieved from slightly processed .dict files in models from sourceforge
for en and es, out of vocab words will use an heuristic approach, for
other languages out of vocab words will return closest match from known
words
help wanted to implement heuristics for other languages
see supported languages in this folder
pip install phoneme_guesserfrom phoneme_guesser import get_phonemes
# if words are know, it is a simple dictionary lookup
en = "ok google"
print(get_phonemes(en, "en"))
# OW K EY . G UW G AH L
en = "hey andromeda"
print(get_phonemes(en, "en"))
# HH EY . AE N D R AA M AH D AH
pt = "ó ambrósio"
print(get_phonemes(pt, "pt-br"))
# O . a~ b r O z i u
# for en and es, out of vocab words will use an heuristic approach
# help wanted to implement heuristics for other languages
wakeword = "hey mycroft"
print(get_phonemes(wakeword, "en-us"))
# HH EH Y . M Y K R OW F T
print(get_phonemes(wakeword, "es-es"))
# e i . m y k r o f t
# when heuristics are not implemented
# out of vocab words will return closest match from known words
fr = "Bonjour firefox" # notice firefox failure
print(get_phonemes(fr, "fr"))
# bb on jj ou rr . ff yy ai ff
it = "ciao google"
print(get_phonemes(it, "it"))
# k j a1 m o . d OO LL LL e