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.
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. 5. In the dictionary manipulation apparatus of claim 4 and wherein: the dictionary manipulation apparatus further comprises display means responsive to the dictionary manipulation command execution means; and the dictionary manipulation command execution means displays the edited phonemic representation on the display means.