Following is list of all SAM "phonemes" sorted by the internal 'SAM code'.
Note the final 3 ("shortcuts") have no data associated with them
-- SAM will immediately translate them into a pair of "real" phonemes (both of which have associated data).
I can only guess... perhaps those final 3 were designed to compress Reciter's dictionary?
Input
Text | SAM code
(hex) | Example
pronunciation | Normal
period | Stressed
period | "Mouth"
frequency | "Throat"
frequency | Classification |
| Voiced | Vowel_X | Consonant | Fricative | Occlusive | Plosive | Rushing |
| $00 |
| 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
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| . | $01 |
| 18 | 18 | 19
| 67
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| ? | $02 |
| 18 | 18 | 19
| 67
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| , | $03 |
| 18 | 18 | 19
| 67
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| - | $04 |
| 8 | 8 | 19
| 67
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| IY | $05 | free | 8 | 11 | 10 | 84 | * | * |
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| IH | $06 | fit | 8 | 9 | 14 | 72 | * | * |
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| EH | $07 | beg | 8 | 11 | 18 | 66 | * | * |
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| AE | $08 | Sam | 8 | 14 | 24 | 62 | * | * |
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| AA | $09 | pot | 11 | 15 | 26 | 40 | * | * |
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| AH | $0A | bug | 6 | 11 | 22 | 44 | * | * |
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| AO | $0B | talk | 12 | 16 | 20 | 30 | * | * |
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| UH | $0C | book | 10 | 12 | 16 | 36 | * | * |
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| AX | $0D | gallon | 5 | 6 | 20 | 86 | * | * |
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| IX | $0E | digit | 5 | 6 | 14 | 72 | * | * |
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| ER | $0F | bird | 11 | 14 | 18 | 44 | * | * |
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| UX | $10 | loot | 10 | 12 | 14 | 36 | * | * |
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| OH | $11 | cone | 10 | 14 | 18 | 30 | * | * |
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| RX | $12 | bar | 10 | 12 | 18 | 50 | * | * |
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| LX | $13 | call | 9 | 11 | 16 | 36 | * | * |
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| WX | $14 | saw | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 | * | * |
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| YX | $15 | say | 7 | 8 | 14 | 68 | * | * |
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| WH | $16 | when | 9 | 11 | 10 | 24
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| R | $17 | red | 7 | 10 | 18
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| L | $18 | allow | 6 | 9 | 14
| 30 | * |
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| W | $19 | win | 8 | 8 | 10
| 24 | * |
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| Y | $1A | you | 6 | 8 | 8
| 82 | * |
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| M | $1B | Sam | 7 | 8 | 6 | 46 | * |
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| N | $1C | man | 7 | 8 | 6 | 54 | * |
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| NX | $1D | song | 7 | 8 | 6 | 86
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| DX | $1E | pity | 3 | 2 | 6 | 54 |
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| Q | $1F | kitten | 5 | 5 | 17 | 67 | * |
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| S | $20 | Sam | 2* | 2* | 6 x0
| 73 x0
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| SH | $21 | fish | 2* | 2* | 6 x0
| 79 x0
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| F | $22 | fish | 2* | 2* | 6 x0
| 26 x0
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| TH | $23 | path, thin | 2* | 2* | 6 x0
| 66 x0
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| /H | $24 | ahead | 2* | 2* | 14 x0
| 73 x0
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| /X | $25 | who | 2* | 2* | 16 x0
| 37 x0
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| Z | $26 | zoo | 6** | 6** | 9 | 48
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| ZH | $27 | measure | 6** | 6** | 10 | 50 | * |
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| V | $28 | seven | 7** | 8** | 8 | 40 | * |
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| DH | $29 | then | 6** | 6** | 10 | 47 | * |
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| CH | $2A
($2A,$2B) | chew | 6*
(6+2*) | 6*
(6+2*) | ~=6.0
(6,6*)
| ~=79.0
(79,79*)
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| * | $2B | shtick | 2* | 2* | 6 x0 | 79 x0 |
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| J | $2C
($2C,$2D) | Jew | 10**
(8+3**) | 12**
(9+4**) | ~=5.45
(6,5**)
| ~=71.9
(66,79**)
| * |
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| $2E | (not defined) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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| $2F | (not defined) | 30 | 1 | 110
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| EY | $30
($30,$15) | made | 20
(13+7) | 22
(14+8) | ~=15.8
(18+14)
| ~=69.9
(72+68)
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| AY | $31
($31,$15) | high | 19
(12+7) | 23
(15+8) | ~=18.2
(26+14)
| ~=47.1
(38+68)
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| OY | $32
($32,$15) | boy | 19
(12+7) | 23
(15+8) | ~=16.5
(20,14)
| ~=41.6
(30,68)
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| AW | $33
($33,$14) | how | 20
(12+8) | 23
(15+8) | ~=16.4
(26,12)
| ~=33.6
(42,28)
| * | * |
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| OW | $34
($34,$14) | slow | 22
(14+8) | 22
(14+8) | ~=14.4
(18,12)
| ~=29.0
(30,28)
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| UW | $35
($35,$14) | crew | 17
(9+8) | 22
(14+8) | 12
(12,12)
| ~=30.7
(34,28)
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| B | $36
($36,$37,$38) | bad | 9
(6+1+2) | 12
(8+2+2) | 6
(6,6,6)
| 26
(26,26,26)
| * |
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| *
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| D | $39
($39,$3A,$3B) | bad | 7
(5+1+1) | 10
(7+2+1) | 6
(6,6,6)
| 66
(66,66,66)
| * |
| * |
| *
| * |
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| G | $3C
($3C,$3D,$3E) | again | 8
(6+1+1) | 11
(7+2+2) | 6
(6,6,6)
| 110
(110,110,110)
| * |
| * |
| *
| * |
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| GX | $3F
($3F,$40,$41) | progress | 9
(6+1+2) | 11
(7+2+2) | 6
(6,6,6)
| 84
(84,84,84)
| * |
| * |
| * | * |
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| P | $42
($42,$43,$44) | poke | 10*
(8+2*+2) | 10*
(8+2*+2) | ~=6.0
(6,6*,6)
| ~=26.0
(26,26*,26)
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| *
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| T | $45
($45,$46,$47) | talk | 6*
(4+2*+2) | 8*
(6+2*+2) | ~=6.0
(6,6*,6)
| ~=66.0
(66,66*,66)
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| *
| * | ~
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| K | $48
($48,$49,$4A) | cake | 11
(6+1+4) | 13
(7+2+4) | ~=8.2
(6,10,10)
| ~=100
(109,86,109)
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| KX | $4B
($4B,$4C,$4D) | necklace | 11
(6+1+4) | 12
(7+1+4) | 6
(6,6,6)
| 84
(84,84,84)
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| * | * |
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| UL | $4E
($0D,$18) | settle | 11
(5+6) | 15
(6+9)
| ~=16.5
(20,14) | ~=35.7
(44,30) | * | ~ | ~ | |
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| UM | $4F
($0D,$1B) | astronomy | 12
(5+7) | 14
(6+8) | ~=9.2
(20,6) | ~=45.0
(44,46) | * | ~ | ~ | | ~
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| UN | $51
($0D,$1C) | function | 12
(5+7) | 14
(6+8) | ~=9.2
(20,6) | ~=48.5
(44,54) | * | ~ | ~ | | ~
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The class "Vowel_X" refers to both real vowels
and approximants.
The class "Fricative" refers to both real fricatives
and affricates
(but not the psudo-fricative sound "H" -- phonemes /H and /X).
Time periods marked with a * completely ignore the normal SPEED setting;
they immediately enter a fixed-length (phoneme-specific) PCM rendering.
Time periods marked with ** will extend the normal SPEED setting in rather complex way
(see my Technical Page for the gory details).
My apologizes, but I recently discovered an undocumented phoneme (code $2B) in SAM
which the user write as * (asterisk). This bug/feature also uses fixed-length PCM rendering.
Frequencies marked with a * are completely ignored
(for the phoneme... may affect blending with adjacent phonemes).
If the * frequency is the only one, then you will see "x0" meaning "times zero" or more precisely "ignore this value...
it has no direct effect". If the * frequency is one of many, then it will not be included
in the average of frequencies (above the list of individual frequencies).
Frequencies marked with ** play for 75% of the "final" base wavelength
(and be followed by a short burst of PCM samples). These values are included
in the average of frequencies (when there are multiple values for a phoneme)...
however in these cases, I worry that the "average" is wrong!
Also see the section Poker/NOISES which lists all of these special cases,
and tells you why they are special, and what is different about them.
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