The Unique X-Sampa Course: Be A Linguist At Apple
Published 7/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 509.31 MB | Duration: 1h 24m

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
You, who wants to learn more about phonetics,You, who needs an X-Sampa certification for your resumé,You, who aspires to be a linguist at the greatest companies on Earth,Computational linguists looking for a new skill in the field
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