Walter.Siren.@p1.f8.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren ) (07/27/90)
Index Number: 9555
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
TW> in two k buffer and a power saver. It doesn't misspronounce commons
TW> words that we are all used to hearing wrong with our faviorate
TW> synthesizers like the word blind or multiply
Tandy, I don't know, but my accent pronounces blind and multiply correctly.
Walter
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Internet: Walter.Siren.@p1.f8.n396.z1.fidonet.orgWilliam.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (08/09/90)
Index Number: 9643
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RA> <grin> Don't sit there and tell me that you have never put
RA> your synthesizer through its paces with cussing?
Rick,
Oh, how this thread brings back the memories!
When I first put BlinkLink up, and BlinkTalk was just a local area
on the board, I think Mark Senk left message number 2 which spoke about
how his Votrax said "sugar" and "fudge" instead of two particular cuss
words. I think we had mutual consent at the time that it was wrong and
demeaning for the Votrax people to spend money to add the censur to
their synthesizer, but at that time mutual consent meant Mark and me!
We brought this up again after BlinkTalk had become an echo, but it
seemed nobody really gave a sugar!
Willie
... Like a bat out of Bellevue!
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Internet: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.orgDoug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9739
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RA> Ok, here is my 2 cents! The sounding board pronounces blind
RA> and multiply correctly. Does a good job at cussing too!
RA> <grin> Don't sit there and tell me that you have never put
RA> your synthesizer through its paces with cussing?
Rick,
This brings up a good point! After using the Sounding Board for
a while, you surely have found some misprounced words. This is true
regardles of the synthesizer. However, with the Sounding Board, you
can create a user dictionary which will allow the word to be pronounced
correctly. Here is your chance. If any of you out there have a list
of words which are misprounced, please feel free to send me the list.
I can add a simple rule in the text-to-speech which will take less memory
then using the user exception dictionary. Also, the rule that I can add
usually will correctly several other words which have the same problem.
I would like to keep the Sounding Board talking as good as possible and can
only do that with all of your help.
Thanks so much.
Doug
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Internet: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.orgLloyd.Rasmussen@f304.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Lloyd Rasmussen) (08/11/90)
Index Number: 9742
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
> How does the Votrax pronounce the name of Panasonic's parent company?
Would you believe Matsusuggerta! That's how I first discovered this
censorship in the PSS. I also discovered it earlier in the FSST-3
talking terminal from Triformation, which used a Votrax board of an
earlier generation. I wouldn't be surprised if the old PC-Vert has a
censor in ROM, too, but have no way to check this out.
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Internet: Lloyd.Rasmussen@f304.n109.z1.fidonet.orgdgl292@athenanet.com (Doug Lee) (08/28/90)
Index Number: 9987 In article <13414@bunker.UUCP> Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org writes: >Here is your chance. If any of you out there have a list >of words which are misprounced, please feel free to send me the list. Here is a slightly abridged list of the words now in my Artic (AV-215) dictionary. (Abridged only because I took out entries for things like making the common three-letter month/week abbreviations speak as whole names. There are also a few off-the-wall, environment-specific ones like "ttyd = dialin." I'm not sure Doug was looking for lists in general, but I don't have a Sounding Board and thought some of these words might be problematic for other synthesizers besides the Artic. I should mention that, in my experience, Artic pronounces most words correctly without a table, and those it misses aren't usually far off. I just like throwing it curves. (Try bourgeoisie on your synthesizer of choice sometime! :-) ) Now the list: annihilate = anuylate (-ed, -es, -ing, -ion, -or, -ors) archive = arkive (other forms were ok as is) backup = backupp bonehead = boanhead (ah yes, you can tell I've seen a Usenet flame or two) bradley = bradllee ctrl = control (not necessary but occasionally useful) dialtone = dialtoan doth = dutth doug = dug (that's me!) embed = embedd gateway = gaitway howbeit = howbeeit linda = linnda meteor = meeteyor naive = nuyeev naivete = nuyeevtay rendezvous = raundayvoo roger = rojir (-s) (probably Artic-specific) strategies = strattegies (possibly Artic-specific) wakeup = waikupp wasteful = waistful (-ly) writeup = rightupp ye = yee (more fun with KJV, there) And then--for us C programmers: argc = argcee argv = argvee sscanf = esscanf ... etc. The latter aren't meant as suggestions for permanent implementation but as a promoter of the sharing of application-specific exceptions. I have a feeling I'm not alone with my unusual dictionary equations. Once, while using a VP synthesizer from Enabling Technologies (1987), I even defined a long string as empty. This was to prevent the speaking of a VERY persistent "overrun error" message being produced by the telecommunications package I was using at the time. Hmmmm ... now THIS will be an interesting message to run through a spelling checker! Doug Lee (dgl292@athenanet.com or uunet!pallas!dgl292)