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    23   $ /etc/init.d/dictd restart
    23   $ /etc/init.d/dictd restart
    24   $ ^D
    24   $ ^D
    25   $ dictdconfig --list
    25   $ dictdconfig --list
    26   $ dict -d gadict-dictabbr v
    26   $ dict -d gadict-dictabbr v
    27 
    27 
       
    28 
       
    29 IPA chars.
       
    30 ==========
       
    31 
       
    32 Hare list of spetial IPA chars (code present in UTF-8 encoding):
       
    33 
       
    34   θʃŋʧðʒæıʌʊɒɛəɑɜɔˌˈːˑṃṇḷ
       
    35   æɑɒʌәєŋvθðʃʒɚːɡˏˊˋ
       
    36 
       
    37 You can copy/paste they in phonetic string.
       
    38 
       
    39 TODO
       
    40 ----
       
    41 ::
       
    42 
       
    43             Front       Central     Back
       
    44          long  short long  short long  short
       
    45   Close   iː    ɪ                 uː    ʊ
       
    46   Mid           e     ɜː    ə     ɔː
       
    47   Open          æ           ʌ     ɑː    ɒ
       
    48 
       
    49       Diphthong          Triphthong
       
    50   Closing    Centring
       
    51    /eɪ/       /ɪə/        /aɪə/
       
    52    /aɪ/       /eə/        /ɑʊə/
       
    53    /ɔɪ/       /ʊə/
       
    54    /əʊ/
       
    55    /aʊ/
       
    56 
       
    57 Old vs. new transcription.
       
    58 --------------------------
       
    59 
       
    60 From "Better English pronunciation."::
       
    61 
       
    62   Old  iː i e ɔː u uː ei ou ai au ɔi æ ɔ ʌ əː ɑː iə ɛə uə ə
       
    63   New  iː ɪ e ɔː ʊ uː eɪ əʊ aɪ aʊ ɔɪ æ ɒ ʌ ɜː ɑː ɪə eə ʊə ə
       
    64 
       
    65 Also from wikipedia::
       
    66 
       
    67   Old  æ e əː ʌɪ ɑʊ ɛə
       
    68   New  a ɛ ɜː aɪ aʊ eə
       
    69 
       
    70 Emacs.
       
    71 ------
       
    72 
       
    73 For entering IPA chars use IPA input method. To enable it type::
       
    74 
       
    75   C-u C-\ ipa <enter>
       
    76 
       
    77 All chars from alphabet typed as usual. To type special IPA chars use next key
       
    78 bindings.
       
    79 
       
    80 For vowel::
       
    81 
       
    82   æ ae
       
    83   ɑ o| (small letter o and ) or A (upper letter A)
       
    84   ɒ |o () or /A
       
    85   ʊ U (upper-letter-u)
       
    86   ɛ /3 (slash three)
       
    87   ɔ /c
       
    88   ə /e
       
    89   ʌ /v
       
    90   ɪ I
       
    91 
       
    92 For consonant::
       
    93 
       
    94   θ th
       
    95   ð dh
       
    96   ʃ sh
       
    97   ʒ zh or 3
       
    98   ŋ ng
       
    99   ɡ g
       
   100 
       
   101 Special chars::
       
   102 
       
   103   ː : (semicolon)
       
   104   ˈ ' (quote)
       
   105   ˌ ` (back quote)
       
   106