What is VCV English?

VCV English is the use of VCV to synthesize English. Once thought impossible, this use of VCV has seen a resurgence in 2016― and for the first time, full VCV English voicebanks have been completed. Please keep in mind that this guide pertains specifically to SRS's method of VCV English.

VCV English Phonetics

SRS' VCV English bases it's naming system based on X-Sampa, which is a phonetic alphabet used by many things, including VOCALOID and Delta's CVVC English. A chart comparing the phonetic style of Cz's VCCV English and SRS' VCV English can be seen below. Keep in mind that all capitalized phonemes are denoted with the lower case letter, and a "+" in the VCV English reclist.

Vowels
Example SRS Cz
father
A
a
egg
E
e
eat
i
E
it
I
i
bowl
O
0
hook
U
6
you
u
o
apple
{
@
but
@
u
about (schwa)
@
x
turn
3
3
why
aI
I
how
aU
8
boy
OI
Q
snow
oU
O
stay
eI
A
pull
5
l
thing
N
ng/nk

Consonants
Example SRS Cz
back
b
b
chap
tS
ch
dap
d
d
fap
f
f
gap
g
g
had
h
h
jack
dZ
j
cap
k
k
lap
l
l
map
m
m
nap
n
n
sang
N
ng/nk
pap
p
p
rap
r
r
butter
4
dd
sap
s
s
shack
S
sh
tap
th
t
thack
T
th
that
D
dh
vat
v
v
wap
w
w
yap
j
y
zap
z
z
genre
Z
zh

Using VCV English

Using VCV English isn't much different than using VCV meant for singing Japanese. finish this later quiz

Recording VCCV

gotta wait till srs releases her vcv english! no #trade secrets shall be leaked

OTO'ing VCV

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