A method and computer-readable medium use syllable-like units (SLUs) to decode a pronunciation into a phonetic description. The syllable-like units are generally larger than a single phoneme but smaller than a word. The present invention provides a means for defining these syllable-like units and for...http://www.google.de/patents/US7676365?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7676365 - Method and apparatus for constructing and using syllable-like unit language models
