3. In a text to speech conversion system including dictionary means for storing dictionary entries for text and containing phonemic represenations of the text, and phonemic representation to speech conversion means for transforming a phonemic representation into a voice signal, interactive dictionary manipulation apparatus comprising: input means for receiving dictionary manipulation commands including a play command from a user of the interactive dictionary manipulation apparatus; and dictionary manipulation command execution means for receiving the dictionary manipulation commands from the input means and responding thereto by manipulating the dictionary means, the manipulations including responding to the play command by providing a phonemic representation specified by a manipulation command to the phonemic representation to speech conversion means.
3. In a text to speech conversion system including dictionary means for storing dictionary entries for text and containing phonemic represenations of the text, and phonemic representation to speech conversion means for transforming a phonemic representation into a voice signal, interactive dictionary manipulation apparatus comprising: input means for receiving dictionary manipulation commands including a play command from a user of the interactive dictionary manipulation apparatus; and dictionary manipulation command execution means for receiving the dictionary manipulation commands from the input means and responding thereto by manipulating the dictionary means, the manipulations including responding to the play command by providing a phonemic representation specified by a manipulation command to the phonemic representation to speech conversion means. 4. In the dictionary manipulation apparatus of claim 3 and wherein: the dictionary manipulation commands include phonemic representation editing commands; and the dictionary manipulation command execution means responds to the phonemic repesentation editing commands by editing the phonemic representation from a selected dictionary entry and to the play command by provide the edited phonemic representation to the phonemic representation to speech conversion means.