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What makes speech recognition hard?
For humans,
1. The number of characters
2. Inconsistent spelling (logographicity)
English: /raɪt/ → right, write, rite, Wright
Chinese: /shìshí/ → 事實, 適時, 是時, 嗜食, …
Japanese: /senkoo=/ → 先行, 専攻, 選考, 閃光, 先攻, 潜航, 穿孔, …
Thai: /kasètsàat/ → เกษตรศาสตร (กะเส็ดสาด)
https://www.zabaan.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-english-spelling/
“fact” “timely” “at this time”“to have predilection for certain food”
“preceding” “major” “screening” “sparkle” “bat first”
“cruising
underwater” “perforation”
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e k ʂ t r ɕ ā s t r ʻ k a e s d s ā d