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      A Guide to Respellings

      Respellings allow you to give precise pronunciation instructions to the AI.

      In this article:

      What are Respellings?

      How does it work?

      Respellings Punctuation Rules

      Reference Charts

      Respellings for Acronyms

      Respellings Examples

      Common Respelling Errors

      What are Respellings?

      Respellings let you format a word within the Studio text editor that tells the AI exactly what sound each syllable should make—and which syllables should be emphasized.

      How does it work?

      Without Respellings, you had to play with phonetic spellings.

      For example, to get “covid” to sound right, you might try typing co-vid or coah-vid or kohvyd until you get the right sound. 

      With Respellings,  you can now give the AI specific cues to help shape its predictions. 

      You can teach the AI how to pronounce covid right every time by entering ::KOH-vihd::

      Respellings and punctuation rules

      Every respelling must be contained within two colons using all lowercase letters except for the emphasized syllable in all caps.

      For example, ::STOO-dee-oh:: for Studio.

      1. Type two colons first. 

        Our test sentence is "Come visit scenic Saskatchewan!"

        So first, you'd type Come visit scenic ::

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      2. Next, spell out the sounds for the first syllable. Come visit scenic ::sask

        For vowel sounds like the “a” in ball, or blended sounds like “th” in the, we recommend looking your sound up on the charts below or here. This will help the AI know the exact sound you want.

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      3. Type a dash, then the sound of the second syllable. Come visit scenic ::sask-ach

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      4. Repeat this process for each syllable in your word. Come visit scenic ::sask-ach-oo-wehn

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      5. When you have finished your final syllable, type two colons instead of adding another dash to let the AI know this is the end of your word. Come visit scenic ::sask-ach-oo-wehn::

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      6. Put any emphasized syllables in ALL CAPS. Come visit scenic ::sask-ACH-oo-wehn::!

        Note: Every word in the English language has at least one emphasized syllable. Some words or acronyms might sound better with two emphasized syllables.

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      7. That’s it! Your word is ready for the AI to pronounce it correctly.
      8. Test it out in the Pronunciation section of Studio and listen to the result.

      Found the perfect spelling? Save it to your Pronunciation Library to use later. 

      Reference charts

      Use the column headers like a fill-in-the-blank sentence:
      “To hear “a” as in all, type AW. For example, ::AWL::”

      VOWELS

      CONSONANTS

      To hear

      as in

      type

      Example

      To hear

      as in

      type

      Example

      a

      ant

      A

      ::ANT::

      b

      bunk

      B

      ::BUHNK::

      a

      spa

      AH

      ::SPAH::

      ch

      chart

      CH

      ::CHAHRT::

      a

      all

      AW

      ::AWL::

      d

      dust

      D

      ::DUHST::

      a

      eight

      AY

      ::AYT::

      f

      first

      F

      ::FURST::

      e

      egg

      EH

      ::EHG::

      g

      glow

      G

      ::GLOH::

      e

      ease

      EE

      ::EEZ::

      h

      horse

      H

      ::HORS::

      i

      in

      IH

      ::IHN::

      j

      jell

      J

      ::JEHL::

      i

      isle

      Y

      ::YL::

      k

      kite

      K

      ::KYT::

      o

      oat

      OH

      ::OHT::

      l

      laugh

      L

      ::LAF::

      o

      ooh

      OO

      ::OO::

      m

      mask

      M

      ::MASK::
      o foot UU ::FUUT::

      n

      nest

      N

      ::NEHST::
      u up UH ::UHP::

      ng

      ring

      NG

      ::RIHNG::
             

      nk

      rink

      NK

      ::RIHNK::
      VOWELS COMBOS

      p

      pop

      P

      ::PAHP::
      To hear as in type Example qu quote KW ::KWOHT::
      ar car AR ::KAR::

      r

      rain

      R

      ::RAYN::
      er error ERR ::ERR-ur::

      s

      slice

      S

      ::SLYS::
      or more OR ::MOR:: sh shy SH ::SHY::
      ow cow OW ::KOW::

      t

      tarte

      T

      ::TART::
      oy oy OY ::OY:: th though DH ::DHOH::
      ur urn UR ::URN::

      th

      think

      TH

      ::THIHNK::
             

      v

      van

      V

      ::VAN::
              w

      win

      W

      ::WIHN::
              x axe KS ::AKS::
             

      y

      yes

      Y

      ::YEHS::
             

      z

      zen

      Z

      ::ZEHN::
             

      zh

      measure

      ZH

      ::MEH-zhur::

      Respellings for acronyms

      When you need to Respell an acronym or initialism, where each letter is spoken as itself (ASPCA, LCD, BBC, FBI).

      A → ::AY::

      		 N → ::EHN::

      B → ::BEE::

      		 O → ::OH::

      C → ::SEE::

      		 P → ::PEE::

      D → ::DEE::

      		 Q → ::KYOO::

      E → ::EE::

      		 R → ::AR::

      F → ::EHF::

      		 S → ::EHS::

      G → ::JEE::

      		 T → ::TEE::

      H → ::AYCH::

      		 U → ::YOO::

      I → ::Y::

      		 V → ::VEE::

      J → ::JAY::

      		 W → ::DUH-buhl-yoo::

      K → ::KAY::

      		 X → ::EHKS::

      L → ::EHL::

      		 Y → ::WY::

      M → ::EHM::

      		 Z → ::ZEE::  or ::ZEHD::


      The alphabet would be like this:

      ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ → ::ay-bee-see-dee-ee-ehf-jee-aych-y-jay-kay-ehl-ehm-ehn-oh-pee-kyoo-ar-ehs-tee-yoo-vee-DUH-buhl-yoo-ehks-wy-ZEE::

      Respellings of common American English words

      Some of the words in this list have more than one emphasized syllable.

      Note: There are also a few words with equal emphasis on both syllables, such as 'although'. These are rare. ::AWL-DHOH:: and ::awl-dhoh:: would technically both be correct Respellings. 

      administrative → ::uhd-MIH-nuh-stray-tihv::

      engineering → ::EHN-juh-NEE-rihng::
      approximately → ::uh-PRAHK-suh-muht-lee::

      instruments → ::IHN-struh-muhnts::

      assistance → ::uh-SIH-stuhns::

      membership → ::MEHM-bur-shihp::

      available → ::uh-VAY-luh-buhl::

      opportunities → ::AH-pur-TOO-nuh-teez::
      commercial → ::kuh-MUR-shuhl::

      permission → ::pur-MIH-shuhn::
      communication → ::kuh-MYOO-nuh-KAY-shuhn::

      photography → ::fuh-TAH-gruh-fee::

      compliance → ::kuhm-PLY-uhns::

      programming → ::PROH-gra-mihng::

      described → ::dih-SKRYBD::

      		 responsibility → ::ree-SPAHN-suh-BIH-luh-tee::

      electronics → ::ih-LEHK-TRAH-nihks::

      		 scientific → ::SY-uhn-TIH-fihk::

      Getting a Respellings error?

      Check to make sure that:

      Your respelling has two colons at the beginning and two colons at the end.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ :ihg-ZAM-puhl:


      You don’t have any blank spaces inside your Respelling.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ ::ihg ZAM puhl::


      Your non-emphasized syllables are all lowercase and your emphasized syllables are all uppercase.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ ::Ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ ::ihg-Zam-puhl::


      You don’t have anything other than plain letters or dashes inside your respelling

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl:: 

      ⛔ ::ihg/ZAM/puhl::

      ⛔ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl!::

      ⛔ ::ihg-ZÆM-púhl:: 


      Your spelling has some content inside of it.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ :: ::

      ⛔ ::


      The first and last parts of the Respelling have to be letters.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl::

      ⛔ ::-ihg-ZAM-puhl-:: 


      There are no special characters before or after the Respelling.

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl:: dot com

      ⛔ ::-ihg-ZAM-puhl-::.com 

       

      ✅ ::ihg-ZAM-puhl:: - Word

      ⛔ ::-ihg-ZAM-puhl-::-Word 


      Still, getting an error?

      If you have previously added a Respelling to your Pronunciation Library that includes words with diacritic marks or special characters, the AI may have a hard time pronouncing these respellings.

      To avoid this, you may want to uncheck the Pronunciation toggle or remove these entries.