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Text normalization is frequently used when converting [[speech synthesis|text to speech]]. [[Number]]s, [[Calendar date|date]]s, [[acronym]]s, and [[abbreviation]]s are non-standard "words" that need to be pronounced differently depending on context.<ref name="sproate">Sproat, R.; Black, A.; Chen, S.; Kumar, S.; Ostendorf, M.; Richards, C. (2001). "Normalization of non-standard words." ''Computer Speech and Language'' '''15'''; 287–333. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:[https://dx.doi.org/10.1006/csla.2001.0169 10.1006/csla.2001.0169].</ref> For example:

* "$200100" would be pronounced as "twoone hundred dollars" in English, but as "lua selau tālā" in Samoan.<ref>{{cite web

| title = Samoan Numbers

| work = MyLanguages.org