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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Min Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Yunyao Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Marina D. Hailpern, San Jose, CA (US);
Sara Noeman, October, EG;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a pronunciation of a first word of a particular language and identifying a phonetic component of the pronunciation. The method includes obtaining a phonetic component mapping table for the type of phonetic component identified in the pronunciation of the first word and assigning a phonetic value to the identified phonetic component using the phonetic component mapping table. For a second word, the method includes obtaining a pronunciation of a second word, identifying a phonetic component of the pronunciation, and assigning a phonetic value to the identified phonetic component. In addition, the method includes calculating a phonetic distance between the identified phonetic component of the first word and the identified phonetic component of the second word, using the assigned phonetic values of the respective identified phonetic components of the first word second word, and storing the calculated phonetic distance in a file.