Question regarding symbols used

[akashicMarga]

Hi,

Thanks for this research!!

I have a query regarding use of _letters in symbol variable in symbol.py. if we are using phonemes, then why are we using characters in symbols because based on that text encoder vocab is decided.

wouldn't only _letters_ipa would be sufficient?

[manarsaaldossari]

If you output phenoms you will see that it contains _letters_ipa and _letters for example : ɪf ðə ɹˈɛd ʌvðə sˈɛkənd bˈoʊ fˈɔːlz əpˌɑːn ðə ɡɹˈiːn ʌvðə fˈɜːst