fun with espeak

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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 :-)





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