1. A method of facilitating text-to-speech conversion of a username, the method comprising: retrieving a name of a user associated with said username, said name comprising a first name of said user; determining a common or diminutive variation of said first name; and determining a pronunciation of said username based, at least in part, on whether said common or diminutive variation of said first name forms at least part of said username, and by calculating a likelihood of pronounceability of a portion of said username that is not said common or diminutive variation of said first name, wherein the method is performed by a computing device.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said calculating comprises breaking said portion of said username into letter pairs or letter triplets and determining a frequency of occurrence of said letter pairs or letter triplets in a spoken language.