michael@stb.UUCP (02/11/87)
While we're on the subject, how about a modificatin to translator.device to support a list of words and prefered translations that the user supplies? I hate to say this, but it does use weerd phonemes at times. Also, how about a change to narrator.device to actually change the length of certain phonemes? A few of them drag on a bit too long. -- Michael Gersten ihnp4!ucla-cs!cepu!ucla-an!remsit!stb!michael "Hey, you look a lot better since you got her back" "Yea, and now I'm going to take her out and shoot her"
phil@scubed.UUCP (02/17/87)
I could be wrong, but I think the weakest link in the Amiga speech is the step where the phonemes get converted into the tables that drive the D to A. You can get recognizable speech by use of creative spelling of the stuff you feed the narrator, but the quality of voice depends on the mapping from phoneme to analog wave. -- Phil Cohen (phil@scubed.arpa, sdcsvax!phil)
stever@videovax.UUCP (02/18/87)
In article <840@stb.UUCP>, Michael Gersten (michael@stb.UUCP) writes: > While we're on the subject, how about a modificatin to translator.device > to support a list of words and prefered translations that the user > supplies? I hate to say this, but it does use weerd phonemes at times. Perhaps two levels of correction could be provided: (1) a table of exceptions with associated context, to allow substitution of correct pronunciation in cases where an incorrect phoneme is selected for a number of related words; (2) a table of words with correct pronunciation (for special cases). > Also, how about a change to narrator.device to actually change the length > of certain phonemes? A few of them drag on a bit too long. A pet peeve of mine is the "ing" sound. The "NX" translation winds up making "ringing" sound like "rin'in'." Yecch! Perhaps this is the way the "ing" sound is pronounced on the East Coast, or wherever the translator writers reside, but here in the rain forest we use the full sound, which does not include a hard "g", but definitely does have a contribution from the "g"! Steve Rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!stever