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From: kdd@well.UUCP (Keith David Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Arpabet
Message-ID: <1026@well.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-May-86 20:03:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  4 20:03:07 1986
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Reply-To: kdd@well.UUCP (Keith David Doyle)
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If I were Commodore, there's no way I'd pay 100k per language for a
translator.  The U.S. one is not that great, I'd not even pay 100k for
that.  I'm sure you can find experienced people willing to write them
cheaper.  By the way, now that we are on the subject, has anyone thought
much about producing a 'talker' that uses real digitized phonemes rather
than the synthesized ones?  The Amiga ought to be able to sound much more
like a Speak-And-Spell or better with the sound hardware it has.  Sure, I
know, digitized phonemes are liable to take up lots of RAM space, but still
it could be a useful option.  In fact, I'd like a utility that could build
the phonemes from MY voice, or Rod Serlings, or Orson Welles, etc.
Could be fun.

Keith Doyle
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