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English (Australian) symbols (obsolete)

English (Australian) symbols (obsolete)

The service supported the following symbols for the obsolete neural voices for Australian English. These voices were replaced with alternative expressive neural voices and removed from the service on 31 March 2023. The symbols are available to help users migrate from the obsolete Australian English neural voices to the new Australian English expressive neural voices.

Monophthongs

Table 1. Monophthongs (Australian English)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
ɒ 0252 not
æ 00E6 cat
e

ɛ

0065

Not available

pet
I 026A city
i 0069 happy
ʊ 028A put
u 0075 influenza
ʌ 028C run
ə 0259 about

Diphthongs

Table 2. Diphthongs (Australian English)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
aI 0061+026A rise
eI 0065+026A raise
ɔI 0254+026A noise
0061+028A rouse
əʊ 0259+028A nose

ɛə

0065+0259

Not available

stairs
026A+0259 fear
ʊə 028A+0259 cure

Long vowels

Table 3. Long vowels (Australian English)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
α: 0251+02D0 father
i: 0069+02D0 see
ɔ: 0254+02D0 law
u: 0075+02D0 soon
ɜ: 025C+02D0 bird

Consonants

Table 4. Consonants (Australian English)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
p 0070 pen
b 0062 but
t 0074 two
d 0064 do
02A7 chair
02A4 joy
k 006B cat
g 0067 get
f 0066 fool
v 0076 voice
θ 03B8 think
ð 00F0 this
s 0073 see
z 007A zoo
ʃ 0283 she
ʒ 0292 pleasure
h 0068 ham
x Not available loch
ɬ Not available Llantilio
m 006D man
Not available Wilsham
n 006E no
Not available morten
ŋ 014B ring
l 006C left
Not available turtle
ɹ

ɻ

r

0279

Not available

Not available

wrong
j 006A yes
w 0077 we