| @@ -37,23 +37,18 @@ As well as using ASCII characters for specific IPA phonemes, this transcription | |||
| provides a set of 3-letter feature abbreviations allowing a phoneme to be | |||
| described as a sequence of features. | |||
| This document is grouped into three sections. The first section displays the IPA | |||
| charts using the feature names instead of their names, showing the IPA phoneme | |||
| at that position in the chart. This makes it easier to look up the features for | |||
| a given IPA phoneme. | |||
| The second section lists the features and their associated name. The Wikipedia | |||
| IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref4">4</a>\]</sup> article can be used as a starting point | |||
| into the various phonetic topics contained in this document. | |||
| The third section describes the properties (named values) used to describe the | |||
| phonemes. These, in addition to the features, should allow all possible phonemes | |||
| from any language to be described. | |||
| The goal of this document is not to provide a detailed guide on phonetics. | |||
| Instead, it is designed to be a transcription guide on how to specify phonemes | |||
| in a language or voice so that the narrow transcriptions are consistent between | |||
| the two. | |||
| This document extends Evan Kirshenbaum's feature set to be able to describe the | |||
| different phonemes in the IPA and as are used in the various languages of the | |||
| world. | |||
| The goal of this document is not to provide a detailed guide on phonetics. Nor | |||
| is it intended to be able to accurately record differences in IPA diacritics. | |||
| Instead, it is designed to be a transcription guide for authors of espeak-ng | |||
| languages and voices on how to specify phonemes so that the IPA and feature | |||
| transcriptions are consistent. | |||
| __NOTE:__ This model is in the process of being implemented. As such, the | |||
| current implementation does not reflect this document. | |||
| ## Consonants | |||