5. The method of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of rule sets includes a prefix rule set having multiple prefix rules, and wherein the applying step iteratively compares the input text with prefix rules in the prefix rule set to produce beginning portions of the phonemic data sequence; and wherein a remainder of the input text is compared with a remainder of the plurality of rule sets to produce a remainder portion of the phonemic data sequence.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of rule sets includes a prefix rule set having multiple prefix rules, and wherein the applying step iteratively compares the input text with prefix rules in the prefix rule set to produce beginning portions of the phonemic data sequence; and wherein a remainder of the input text is compared with a remainder of the plurality of rule sets to produce a remainder portion of the phonemic data sequence. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein in the applying step, prefix rules are compared with the input text beginning at a leftmost part of the input text and the comparison with each prefix rule is performed in a left to right direction with respect to the input text.