In article <6.1.0.6.2.20060426093700.01babfe8 at mailhost.math.wisc.edu>, John Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote: > Every time I listen to a book on tape, I start talking like the > people in the book. If I start using espeak a lot, i will probably > develop a British accent. If you start talking like eSpeak, people will probably assume some sort of brain damage. > Espeak does pretty well with the parrot line and the Bond line but > it doesn't sound much like Winston Churchill. If you try an option: -v en-b that will give a (caricature) "upper class" British accent. > But I realized that would be a ridiculous waste of time so I > restrained myself. That's what the voice options are there for :-)