A computerized method and apparatus for reducing the size of a dictionary used in a text-to-speech synthesis system are provided. In an initial phase, the method and apparatus determine if entries in the dictionary, each containing a grapheme string and a corresponding phoneme string, can be fully matched...http://www.google.de/patents/US6208968?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6208968 - Computer method and apparatus for text-to-speech synthesizer dictionary reduction
