I was thinking of the accents on words, and not the pronunciation. I guess what you and I like about speech is opposite. Improper accents in speech bother me a lot more then incorrect pronunciation of words. As for hearing the original dectalk, can't say that I've ever heard one. Greg On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:09:58PM -0600, Adam Myrow wrote: > I think you are the first person I have ever heard who actually likes the > BNS's speech. I agree that the Accent lives up to its name in that it > actually has an accent. However, try typing the following words into each > synthesizer and see the difference in how well they are pronounced. > Pirate > Garage > baseball > awhile > Phoenix. > > I prefer words to be pronounced correctly without having to create tons of > exceptions in my dictionary. Speaking of synthesizers with accents, did > you ever hear the original Dectalk? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
