"Ŭ", or "ŭ", is a vowel and letter in the Esperantoalphabet. Since each letter in Esperanto has a consistent sound, this letter is always pronounced the same; its sound is represented by [w] in SAMPA.
... device is covered by US patents 3,726,146 (1973) and 5,353,655 (1994) by L.A. Mishler and US patent 5,800,311 (1998) by P.S.Chuang.
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