| Character substitutions can be specified by using a `.replace` section | Character substitutions can be specified by using a `.replace` section | ||||
| at the start of the `*_rules` file. Each line specified either one or | at the start of the `*_rules` file. Each line specified either one or | ||||
| two alphabetic characters to be replaced by another one or two | two alphabetic characters to be replaced by another one or two | ||||
| alphabetic characters. This substitution is done to a word before it is | |||||
| translated using the spelling-to-phoneme rules. Only the lower-case | |||||
| version of the characters needs to be specified. e.g. | |||||
| alphabetic characters. This substitution is done to a word before word is searched | |||||
| in `*_list` or `*_listx` file and translated using the spelling-to-phoneme rules. | |||||
| Only the lower-case version of the characters needs to be specified. e.g. | |||||
| .replace | .replace | ||||
| ô ő // (Hungarian) allow the use of o-circumflex instead of o-double-accute | ô ő // (Hungarian) allow the use of o-circumflex instead of o-double-accute |