The i phoneme is used for the reduced i sound in e.g. happy
(/h'api/). Thus, the following words contrast:
word eSpeak IPA
happy /h'api/ /hˈapi/
been /b'i:n/ /bˈiːn/
bin /b'In/ /bˈɪn/
Before this change, /h'api/ would be transcribed in IPA as /hˈapɪ/
which is wrong. After this change, it is transcribed correctly.
master
| @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ endphoneme | |||
| phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | |||
| vowel starttype #i endtype #i | |||
| ipa ɪ | |||
| ipa i | |||
| length 140 | |||
| IfNextVowelAppend(;) | |||
| FMT(vowel/ii_7) | |||