Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!369!8!Doug.Geoffray From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: word pronunciation Message-ID: <13414@bunker.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 90 03:00:10 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:369/8 - The Catwalk BBS, Davie FL Lines: 27 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 9739 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] RA> Ok, here is my 2 cents! The sounding board pronounces blind RA> and multiply correctly. Does a good job at cussing too! RA> Don't sit there and tell me that you have never put RA> your synthesizer through its paces with cussing? Rick, This brings up a good point! After using the Sounding Board for a while, you surely have found some misprounced words. This is true regardles of the synthesizer. However, with the Sounding Board, you can create a user dictionary which will allow the word to be pronounced correctly. Here is your chance. If any of you out there have a list of words which are misprounced, please feel free to send me the list. I can add a simple rule in the text-to-speech which will take less memory then using the user exception dictionary. Also, the rule that I can add usually will correctly several other words which have the same problem. I would like to keep the Sounding Board talking as good as possible and can only do that with all of your help. Thanks so much. Doug -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!369!8!Doug.Geoffray Internet: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org