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Phonetic Alphabets and Special Symbols for <SpelledWord>

NATO and police phonetic alphabets are used to prevent spelled words from being misunderstood. They are very helpful to speech recognition software and dramatically increase the accuracy of spelled speech input. Below you will find a table of the alphabet and the corresponding words that can be offered as input to the <SpelledWord> specialty response template. The <SpelledWord> specialized response template also recognizes some special symbols as shown below the phonetic alphabets table.

NATO and Police Phonetic Alphabets

Character

NATO

Police

A

Alfa

Adam

B

Bravo

Boy

C

Charlie

Charlie

D

Delta

David

E

Echo

Edward

F

Foxtrot

Frank

G

Golf

George

H

Hotel

Henry

I

India

Ida

J

Juliet

John

K

Kilo

King

L

Lima

Lincoln

M

Mike

Mary

N

November

Nora

O

Oscar

Ocean

P

Papa

Paul

Q

Quebec

Queen

R

Romeo

Robert

S

Sierra

Sam

T

Tango

Tom

U

Uniform

Union

V

Victor

Victor

W

Whiskey

William

X

X-ray

X-ray

Y

Yankee

Young

Z

Zulu

Zebra

Special Symbols

Symbol

Caller Should Say

^

"caret" or "caret sign"

/

"slash"

.

"dot" or "period"

$

"dollar" or "dollar sign"

See Also

Technical Information

Command Line Options

Active Call Center API

Customizing Speech Output

Technical Details on Supported Audio Formats

Recording and Modifying WAV Audio Files

Uninstall Active Call Center

Installing Microsoft Fax