How to Use phoneme in a Sentence

phoneme

noun
  • The patterns allow the computer to shape phonemes into words and sentences in all the subtle ways people do.
    — Tam Nguyen, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers also carried out experiments related to phonology — the study of the pattern of sounds and of the way the smallest units of sound, called phonemes, are organized.
    — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Computers began speaking by putting together phonemes in the 1960s, creating stiff, robotic speech.
    — Tam Nguyen, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The implant is able to match the brain signals to each phoneme, assemble them together, then convert them into words, forming a full sentence that the program can speak out loud using Shock’s original voice.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • By breaking speech down into the muscular components of individual phonemes, the team was able to re-create both speech and the individual elements of facial expression that were sent to the avatar animation.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The set of phonemes the model can recognize from brain activity, when combined in different ways to create different words, covers a vocabulary that amounts to nearly 90 percent of the English language.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

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