Thai expert phonetics

Abstract

Thai Expert is a Thai language school based in Berne. The future focus of the company is to move from frontal, on-site teaching to a modern online solution allowing people to study from everywhere. Thai words change their meaning depending on the pitch of the voice when pronouncing a vocal. Thai Expert came up with a phonetic notation to show what pitch a vocal should be pronounced with but doesn't have a way to use it on a computer. They print the learning material and go through it by hand to add the phonetic signs where needed. This process is extremely error-prone and time-consuming.