Hi, Chuck: No, I don't recall that. But it's probably because I never had one of them there Ray Kurz wheel specials, so only heard them incidentally in passing. PS: That's what my doubletalk says -- kurz wheel How did his machine do it? On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > Janina - > > Did you ever hear how the Kurzweil Reading Machine pronounced Ray > Kurzweil's name? I would have thought that would be the first thing he > would fix. > > Chuck > > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Heck, I want to hear my name pronounced correctly. I've used speech synths > > for more years than I care to admit to, but I'm still not used to hearing > > my own hardware say my name wrong. > > > > Exceptions dictionaries are a gift. I hope we have one someday in the not > > too distant future. > > On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Raul A. Gallegos > > wrote: > > > > > Hi. I can't remember if this is on the list of things to be worked on > > > or if it's possible. Is it a good idea to have a speech dictionary so > > > that words that our lovely synthesizers pronounce funny can sound a > > > little better? I'm sure that a lot of us who have used synthesizers for > > > years are used to how things are said but what about the new user? If > > > something like this could be implimented it could be placed in > > > /proc/speakup/speech_dic or something like that. Then have the format > > > be something like 'oldpronounciation=new pronounciation' per line. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Waning Crescent (31% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
