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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: why can't the Amiga talk properly
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Date: 30 Apr 91 04:50:20 GMT
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UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:

>There are two somewhat separate issues here.   One is how
>typed text is automagically translated to phonemes, and the
>second concerns how the phonemes get converted to speech.

The single biggest reason, IMHO, is because the Amiga was
designed, built, and software was written, in the USA.
{of course it helps that each human laguage needs its own
custom set phonemes}

So, if you were on a tight budget (time and money), and you were
writing a speach synthysizer, wouldn't you make it speak your
native language?

This of course is no excuse for the continuation of the
english-centrism, especially considering howmany Amiga sales
are in non-english speaking countries.