Re: [VCARDDAV] phonetic-given-name and phonetic-family-name

[Daisuke Miyakawa <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

Just my two cents..

> I can see the value for sorting in several languages, but wonder about
> > addressing the broader question of pronunciation. The risk is of running
> > speculatively ahead of implementations/product esp authoring tools. Are
> > there any uses of something
> > like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet in the
> > wild for this?
>
> My understanding so far is that the X-PHONETIC properties are used for
> sorting, not pronunciation.
>

My knowledge says that you're right.
I think SORT-AS can replace X-PHONETIC for sorting.

One possible concern here *might* be that, Siri may not use SORT-AS, so we
need something else.

I think X-PHONETIC have been used almost for just sorting, but from its
naming they also imply
"(Japanese) people pronounce those names this way".
This means applications like Siri can use X-PHONETIC effectively for
pronunciation
while they may not use SORT-AS because specifically it is just for sorting.

SOUND property? I'm not sure.


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Daisuke Miyakawa (宮川大輔)
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