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From: Ted.Filteau@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Ted Filteau)
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Subject: Re: SPEECH SYNTHESIZERS
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Date: 24 Apr 91 22:08:44 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 NF> On a humorous note:  Does anyone else out there ever
 NF> accidentally pronounce a word as their synthesizer does?  Boy,
 NF> this can be embarrassing; let me tell you!

Hi Nancy,
One of my hats use to be working as a Catholic church organist.  I would
keep the information for weddings in my Braille 'n speak.  This was
quite useful, as brides are known to change their minds about things.
The people I would work with on a regular basis began routinely to
pronounce things as does the BNS.  A good example of this is the "Ave
Maria."  We had to be careful with this practice.

... Ted

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