AI engineering glossary · Generative media multimodal

What is G2P (grapheme-to-phoneme)?

Grapheme-to-phoneme (also called G2P): The step of converting written letters into the sounds used to pronounce them, by dictionary lookup or a trained model. It helps TTS systems pronounce names and unusual words correctly.

Level: intermediateTopic: Generative media multimodal

Grapheme-to-phoneme: an example

A G2P model maps the spelling 'Bengaluru' to a phoneme sequence so a voice assistant says it properly.

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Grapheme-to-phoneme is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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