Gil, did you misunderstand me, or I you? This ASCII-based IPA ~is~ good for "audio" in the sense that it defines unambiguously how one is pronouncing a word. I see "slough" and pronounce it /slu/; someone else sees it and says /slaU/. I pronounce "caught" /cOt/ and "cot" /cat/; some people, I'm told, pronounce them the same.
You, OTOH, seem to be talking about "audio" in the sense of talking on the phone (for example) and ~spelling~ a word unambiguously, which is a different matter. Maybe I misunderstood. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Just like genetic diversity, which prevents an epidemic from wiping out a whole species at once, diversity in software is a good thing. -Cliff Stoll, in _The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage_ */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 21:04 But no good for audio. If I need to spell something out for local authorities, I use the modal NATO codes. I don't carry all their wallet cards. --- On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 14:46:50 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > ... (There's an ASCII adaptation of the IPA that's actually pretty > handy. Only problem is, no one's ever seen it, except a few of us > geeks. If we all understood that you could have written "/aI Ef ti/", > without fear of ambiguity.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
