Following is list of all SAM "phonemes" sorted by the internal 'SAM code'.  Note the final 3 ("shortcuts") have no data associated with them -- SAM will immediately translate them into a pair of "real" phonemes (both of which have associated data).  I can only guess... perhaps those final 3 were designed to compress Reciter's dictionary?

Input Text

SAM code (hex)

Example pronunciation

Normal period

Stressed period

"Mouth" frequency

"Throat" frequency

Classification

Voiced

Vowel_X

Consonant

Fricative

Occlusive

Plosive

Rushing

$00

18

18

0

0

.

$01

18

18

19

67

?

$02

18

18

19

67

,

$03

18

18

19

67

-

$04

8

8

19

67

IY

$05

free

8

11

10

84

*

*

IH

$06

fit

8

9

14

72

*

*

EH

$07

beg

8

11

18

66

*

*

AE

$08

Sam

8

14

24

62

*

*

AA

$09

pot

11

15

26

40

*

*

AH

$0A

bug

6

11

22

44

*

*

AO

$0B

talk

12

16

20

30

*

*

UH

$0C

book

10

12

16

36

*

*

AX

$0D

gallon

5

6

20

86

*

*

IX

$0E

digit

5

6

14

72

*

*

ER

$0F

bird

11

14

18

44

*

*

UX

$10

loot

10

12

14

36

*

*

OH

$11

cone

10

14

18

30

*

*

RX

$12

bar

10

12

18

50

*

*

LX

$13

call

9

11

16

36

*

*

WX

$14

saw

8

8

12

28

*

*

YX

$15

say

7

8

14

68

*

*

WH

$16

when

9

11

10

24

*

*

R

$17

red

7

10

18

50

*

*

L

$18

allow

6

9

14

30

*

*

W

$19

win

8

8

10

24

*

*

Y

$1A

you

6

8

8

82

*

*

M

$1B

Sam

7

8

6

46

*

*

*

N

$1C

man

7

8

6

54

*

*

*

NX

$1D

song

7

8

6

86

*

*

*

DX

$1E

pity

3

2

6

54

*

*

Q

$1F

kitten

5

5

17

67

*

*

*

S

$20

Sam

2*

2*

6 x0

73 x0

*

*

*

SH

$21

fish

2*

2*

6 x0

79 x0

*

*

*

F

$22

fish

2*

2*

6 x0

26 x0

*

*

*

TH

$23

path, thin

2*

2*

6 x0

66 x0

*

*

*

/H

$24

ahead

2*

2*

14 x0

73 x0

*

*

/X

$25

who

2*

2*

16 x0

37  x0

*

*

Z

$26

zoo

6**

6**

9

48

*

*

*

ZH

$27

measure

6**

6**

10

50

*

*

*

V

$28

seven

7**

8**

8

40

*

*

*

DH

$29

then

6**

6**

10

47

*

*

*

CH

$2A ($2A,$2B)

chew

6* (6+2*)

6* (6+2*)

~=6.0 (6,6*)

~=79.0 (79,79*)

*

*

*

~

*

$2B

shtick

2*

2*

6 x0

79 x0

*

*

*

J

$2C ($2C,$2D)

Jew

10** (8+3**)

12** (9+4**)

~=5.45 (6,5**)

~=71.9 (66,79**)

*

*

*

*

$2E

(not defined)

1

2

6

0

$2F

(not defined)

30

1

110

0

EY

$30 ($30,$15)

made

20 (13+7)

22 (14+8)

~=15.8 (18+14)

~=69.9 (72+68)

*

*

AY

$31 ($31,$15)

high

19 (12+7)

23 (15+8)

~=18.2 (26+14)

~=47.1 (38+68)

*

*

OY

$32 ($32,$15)

boy

19 (12+7)

23 (15+8)

~=16.5 (20,14)

~=41.6 (30,68)

*

*

AW

$33 ($33,$14)

how

20 (12+8)

23 (15+8)

~=16.4 (26,12)

~=33.6 (42,28)

*

*

OW

$34 ($34,$14)

slow

22 (14+8)

22 (14+8)

~=14.4 (18,12)

~=29.0 (30,28)

*

*

UW

$35 ($35,$14)

crew

17 (9+8)

22 (14+8)

12 (12,12)

~=30.7 (34,28)

*

*

B

$36 ($36,$37,$38)

bad

9 (6+1+2)

12 (8+2+2)

6 (6,6,6)

26 (26,26,26)

*

*

*

*

D

$39 ($39,$3A,$3B)

bad

7 (5+1+1)

10 (7+2+1)

6 (6,6,6)

66 (66,66,66)

*

*

*

*

G

$3C ($3C,$3D,$3E)

again

8 (6+1+1)

11 (7+2+2)

6 (6,6,6)

110 (110,110,110)

*

*

*

*

GX

$3F ($3F,$40,$41)

progress

9 (6+1+2)

11 (7+2+2)

6 (6,6,6)

84 (84,84,84)

*

*

*

*

P

$42 ($42,$43,$44)

poke

10* (8+2*+2)

10* (8+2*+2)

~=6.0 (6,6*,6)

~=26.0 (26,26*,26)

*

*

*

~

T

$45 ($45,$46,$47)

talk

6* (4+2*+2)

8* (6+2*+2)

~=6.0 (6,6*,6)

~=66.0 (66,66*,66)

*

*

*

~

K

$48 ($48,$49,$4A)

cake

11 (6+1+4)

13 (7+2+4)

~=8.2 (6,10,10)

~=100 (109,86,109)

*

*

*

KX

$4B ($4B,$4C,$4D)

necklace

11 (6+1+4)

12 (7+1+4)

6 (6,6,6)

84 (84,84,84)

*

*

*

UL

$4E ($0D,$18)

settle

11 (5+6)

15 (6+9)

~=16.5 (20,14)

~=35.7 (44,30)

*

~

~

UM

$4F ($0D,$1B)

astronomy

12 (5+7)

14 (6+8)

~=9.2 (20,6)

~=45.0 (44,46)

*

~

~

~

UN

$51 ($0D,$1C)

function

12 (5+7)

14 (6+8)

~=9.2 (20,6)

~=48.5 (44,54)

*

~

~

~

The class "Vowel_X" refers to both real vowels and approximants.  The class "Fricative" refers to both real fricatives and affricates (but not the psudo-fricative sound "H" -- phonemes /H and /X).

Time periods marked with a * completely ignore the normal SPEED setting; they immediately enter a fixed-length (phoneme-specific) PCM rendering.  Time periods marked with ** will extend the normal SPEED setting in rather complex way (see my Technical Page for the gory details).  My apologizes, but I recently discovered an undocumented phoneme (code $2B) in SAM which the user write as * (asterisk).  This bug/feature also uses fixed-length PCM rendering.

Frequencies marked with a * are completely ignored (for the phoneme... may affect blending with adjacent phonemes).  If the * frequency is the only one, then you will see "x0" meaning "times zero" or more precisely "ignore this value... it has no direct effect".  If the * frequency is one of many, then it will not be included in the average of frequencies (above the list of individual frequencies).  Frequencies marked with ** play for 75% of the "final" base wavelength (and be followed by a short burst of PCM samples).  These values are included in the average of frequencies (when there are multiple values for a phoneme)... however in these cases, I worry that the "average" is wrong!

Also see the section Poker/NOISES which lists all of these special cases, and tells you why they are special, and what is different about them.

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