In article <20060823194428.GD3366 at lnx3.holmesgrown.com>, Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com> wrote: > I've never looked at the speech configuration for pronunciation. What > is the easiest to get started to understand it? I might wanna fix some > of the words. Pronunciation rules are in: en_rules. Exception words are in: en_list. You can add your own exceptions list, without disturbing the "official" file by putting them in en_extra rather than en_list. Details are in the file: docs/dictionary.html The command: speak --compile=en compiles en_rules, en_list, and en_extra (if it exists) and produces a new version of espeak-data/en-dict which is used by the speak program.
