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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: why can't the Amiga talk properly
Keywords: talking
Message-ID: <1175@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 91 14:50:36 GMT
References: <1991Apr28.195319.3987@daimi.aau.dk>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Apr28.195319.3987@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
>This posting is about the softwareimplemented
>speech capability of the Amiga. Well, I'm not
>satisfied with it ! The problem seems to be
>the phonemes. They are allright for talking
>american(english?), but not for talking 
>danish. I trust in a lot of replies on this,
>since germans must feel just as let down, since
>it can't say u umlaut either(well can it?)

You're completely right. We all know this and there also has been
a discussion inside Commodore about this. It has not yet led to any
real result, but you can be sure, we talk about it *now*.
There has even one Danish colleague moved to West Chester, but I'm
afraid he will bother with some other aspects, or will he?

>I've looked in the manuals, and there is a
>mention of a standard, that the amiga confines
>to. Why does this standard only support phonemes
>used in english ? Isn't there a standard with
>more sounds, like some decent r's, a proper
                        ^^^^^^^^^^
>"u umlaut(y for danes)" etc?
  ^^^^^^^^
I love you :-)

>So what I want to know is why ...

Well, besides other aspects, it's also a $$$ (or was it even more $'s?)
question...
And, to make things more difficult, WOULD IT REALLY PAY?
How many applications would use it?
I see that many current English/American applications don't use speach,
though they could. And in CDTV, one will go straight digitized speech.

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