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All models in the Sonic TTS family support custom pronunciations in your transcripts. Try out the pronunciation tool on our demo page.
  • Sonic-3
  • Sonic-turbo and Sonic-2
sonic-3 uses the charsiu phoneset for IPA. The easiest way to create a custom pronunciation is to use our tool in the Playground.
Phonemes in sonic-3 are written between <<>> double angle brackets, and separated with | bars. For example, Cartesia is written <<k|ɑ|ɹ|ˈ|t|i|ʒ|ə>>.For users familiar with IPA who wish to input IPA directly, sonic-3 supports the following phonemes:
PhonemeExample (American accent)
my <<m|aɪ>>
now <<n|aʊ>>
bbed <<b|ɛ|d>>
ddo <<d|u>>
jeans <<dʒ|i|n|z>>
day <<d|eɪ>>
ffish <<f|ɪ|ʃ>>
hhat <<h|æ|t>>
isee <<s|i>>
jyes <<j|ɛ|s>>
kkey <<k|i>>
llip <<l|ɪ|p>>
mman <<m|æ|n>>
nno <<n|oʊ>>
go <<ɡ|oʊ>>
ppen <<p|ɛ|n>>
ssip <<s|ɪ|p>>
ttop <<t|ɑ|p>>
church <<tʃ|ɝ|tʃ>>
utwo <<t|u>>
vvan <<v|æ|n>>
wwe <<w|i>>
zzoo <<z|u>>
æcat <<k|æ|t>>
ðthis <<ð|ɪ|s>>
ŋsing <<s|ɪ|ŋ>>
ɑcot <<k|ɑ|t>>
ɔlaw <<l|ɔ>>
ɔɪboy <<b|ɔɪ>>
əsofa <<ˈ|s|oʊ|f|ə>>
ɛbed <<b|ɛ|d>>
ɝbird <<b|ɝ|d>>
ɡgo <<ɡ|oʊ>>
ɪbit <<b|ɪ|t>>
ɹred <<ɹ|ɛ|d>>
ʃship <<ʃ|ɪ|p>>
ʊbook <<b|ʊ|k>>
ʒvision <<ˈ|v|ɪ|ʒ|ə|n>>
ˈAmerica <<ə|ˈ|m|ɛ|ɹ|ɪ|k|ə>>
ˌtelevision <<ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ə|ˌ|v|ɪ|ʒ|ə|n>>
θthin <<θ|ɪ|n>>