The Unique X-Sampa Course: Be A Linguist At Apple

Discover an essential requirement for linguist when applying to Apple, Amazon or Appen

What you'll learn
Discover X-Sampa, the phonetic alphabet asked for by Apple
Learn the computer version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Level up your CV mastering phonetics
Be able to create your own converter in Python
Requirements
You need to know about dictionaries and functions in Python for this course
No linguistic background is needed
Description
Welcome to The Unique X-Sampa Course: Be a Linguist at Apple. In this course, the very first course on X-Sampa you will discover the phonetic alphabet that computers understand, and the top-tier companies ask for. Along The Unique X-Sampa Course: Be a Linguist at Apple, you will learn the International Phonetic Alphabet, known as IPA, and X-Sampa. X-Sampa has turned crucial for linguist positions at top-tier companies such as Amazon, Apple, and Appen, among others. X-Sampa is the phonetic alphabet that computers understand. You will use it to tell a virtual assistant how to pronounce, and you will use it for STT, to transform recordings into text so that machines can understand.The course has two parts:Part I: You will learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) applied to English. If you are not a native English speaker, there is nothing to worry about, since you will be able to easily apply the knowledge to any language. You will learn the phonemes that construct every sound in any language and how they are represented in IPA. You will go through the types and features of consonants. Finally, we will see how these IPA representations are transformed into X-Sampa.Part II: We will use the knowledge from Part I to create our own converter in Python. By the end of this part, you will be able to introduce a word or sentence in IPA and your code will give you back the X-Sampa version for it, and vice versa. Each part has its own file. Part I has a PDF attached to Lecture 7 in Section 2. You will find all the theoretical documentation needed for the course. It covers explanations for IPA and X-Sampa. The second document will be a resource in Lecture 32 in Section 7. It is a Jupyter notebook (extension .ipynb) with the full Python code for the converter. Nevertheless, I strongly recommend not to download it and create your own code while watching the videos in Section 7. You can download Anaconda or transform the .ipynb file into a .py file and modify it in PyCharm or your favourite code editor.Previous requirements are just two: look for any word in any language in any dictionary and realize that there is something like /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃən/ next to that word, and know a little about Python (dictionaries and functions are more than enough). This is not essential, since the Python code is explained in detail in the videos.Our full journey will cover:Introduction to the courseInternational Phonetic Alphabet overviewFeatures of consonantsTypes of consonantsVowelsFrom IPA to X-SampaFinal project: create your own converter in Python

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Before we start

Lecture 3 Job offers asking for X-Sampa

Lecture 4 What is IPA?

Lecture 5 The problem of IPA

Lecture 6 Online converters

Section 2: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Lecture 7 Introduction

Lecture 8 Consonants and vowels

Section 3: Features of consonants

Lecture 9 Introduction

Lecture 10 Place of articulation

Lecture 11 Manner of articulation

Lecture 12 Phonation

Section 4: Type of consonants

Lecture 13 Introduction

Lecture 14 Plosive

Lecture 15 Nasal

Lecture 16 Trill

Lecture 17 Fricative

Lecture 18 Approximant

Lecture 19 Lateral approximant

Lecture 20 Combination of consonants

Lecture 21 Consonants: IPA to X-Sampa

Section 5: Vowels

Lecture 22 Introduction

Lecture 23 Tongue position

Lecture 24 Tongue height

Lecture 25 Form of the lips

Lecture 26 Long vs. short vowels

Lecture 27 Diphthongs

Lecture 28 Vowels IPA to X-Sampa

Section 6: X-Sampa from IPA

Lecture 29 Consonants in X-Sampa

Lecture 30 Vowels in X-Sampa

Section 7: Create your own converter in Python

Lecture 31 Anaconda and Jupyter instalation

Lecture 32 Introduction

Lecture 33 Dictionary IPA <> X-Sampa

Lecture 34 Functions: IPA to X-Sampa

Lecture 35 Function: X-Sampa to IPA

Lecture 36 Get user's intention

Lecture 37 The final converter

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