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DEC Speech Sounds
You can use the DEC synthesiser in your Pathfinder to string sounds together. It does this by using special codes and each code repreents a specific sound. In order for your device to recognize that you are using DEC codes instead of regular letters, you have to use the two symbols '[' and ']'
Here's an example; [kaet] will be spoken as "cat," [maws] will be "mouse," and [chiyz] as "cheese." The table below shows you a list of all the codes and what each sounds like.
If you don't use the square brackets, the device will not use the DEC sound table.
If you use a letter combination within the brackets that isn't a DEC code, the word won't be spoken at all.
English Vowel Sounds
| Code | As In... | Code | As In... | |
| aa | Bo B | ih | bi t | |
| ae | ba t | ix | kiss es | |
| ah | bu t | iy | bea t | |
| ao | bou ght | ow | boa t | |
| aw | bou t | oy | b oy | |
| ax | a bout | rr | bir d | |
| ay | bi te | uh | bo ok | |
| eh | be t | uw | lu te | |
| ey | ba ke | yu | cu te | |
| ar | b ar | er | b ear | |
| ir | b eer | or | b or e | |
| ur | p oor |
English Consonant Sounds
| Code | As in... | Code | As in... | |
| b | b et | ch | ch in | |
| d | d ebt | dh | th is | |
| el | bottle | en | butt on | |
| f | f in | g | g uess | |
| hx | h ead | k | K en | |
| l | l et | m | m et | |
| p | p et | n | n et | |
| r | r ed | nx | si ng | |
| s | s it | sh | sh in | |
| t | t est | v | v est | |
| w | w est | yx | y et | |
| z | z oo | zh | az ure | |
| dx | rid er | lx | wi ll | |
| q | we e at | rx | or ation | |
| tx | Lat in | Silence | _ (underscore) |