Trumpet

1. for the lulz
2. ???
3. lol

Running the server

1. Install Rust >= 1.1.0
2. cargo run

Phoneme

• CMU Dictionary, which uses Arpabet.
  • 54 units in the Arpabet:
    • Vowels:
      • 10 monophthongs (AO, AA, IY, UW, EH, IH, UH, AH, AX, AE)
      • 5 diphthongs (EY, AY, OW, AW, OY)
      • 8 R-colored vowels (ER, AXR, EH R, UH R, AO R, AA R, IH|IY R, AW R)
    • Consonants:
      • 6 Stops (P, B, T, D, K, G)
      • 2 Affricates (CH, JH)
      • 9 Fricatives (F, V, TH, DH, S, Z, SH, ZH, HH)
      • 6 Nasals (M, EM, N, EN, NG, ENG)
      • 5 Liquids (L, EL, R, DX, MX)
      • 3 Semivowels (Y, W, Q)

Diphones

Generate a list of phoneme 2-tuples.

Unit Selection

• Combine multiple sources into final output (words, phonemes, diphones)
• Have alternatives (words, phonemes) that pair better with others.
• Optimize joining on a score (start/ending pitch, tempo, etc.)