VoxForge
The VoxForge phoneset is derived from the CMU phone set (cmudict-0.7b) as follows:
The current phoneme set has 39 phonemes
Phoneme Example Translation
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AA odd AA D
AE at AE T
AH hut HH AH T
AO ought AO T
AW cow K AW
AY hide HH AY D
B be B IY
CH cheese CH IY Z
D dee D IY
DH thee DH IY
EH Ed EH D
ER hurt HH ER T
EY ate EY T
F fee F IY
G green G R IY N
HH he HH IY
IH it IH T
IY eat IY T
JH gee JH IY
K key K IY
L lee L IY
M me M IY
N knee N IY
NG ping P IH NG
OW oat OW T
OY toy T OY
P pee P IY
R read R IY D
S sea S IY
SH she SH IY
T tea T IY
TH theta TH EY T AH
UH hood HH UH D
UW two T UW
V vee V IY
W we W IY
Y yield Y IY L D
Z zee Z IY
ZH seizure S IY ZH ER
<Deprecated> We actually used the CMU unstressed dictionary from the xvoice site (see Notes file). </Deprecated>
As of May 28, 2015, we are using the cmudict-0.7b phoneset:
AA vowel
AE vowel
AH vowel
AO vowel
AW vowel
AY vowel
B stop
CH affricate
D stop
DH fricative
EH vowel
ER vowel
EY vowel
F fricative
G stop
HH aspirate
IH vowel
IY vowel
JH affricate
K stop
L liquid
M nasal
N nasal
NG nasal
OW vowel
OY vowel
P stop
R liquid
S fricative
SH fricative
T stop
TH fricative
UH vowel
UW vowel
V fricative
W semivowel
Y semivowel
Z fricative
ZH fricative