From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Oryb-0007X2-00 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:08:01 -0500 Received: (qmail 858 invoked by uid 1023); 19 Dec 2002 04:07:17 -0000 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:07:17 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting Message-ID: <20021219040717.GA847@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20021219024936.GA697@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I was thinking of the accents on words, and not the pronunciation. I guess what you and I like about speech is opposite. Improper accents in speech bother me a lot more then incorrect pronunciation of words. As for hearing the original dectalk, can't say that I've ever heard one. Greg On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:09:58PM -0600, Adam Myrow wrote: > I think you are the first person I have ever heard who actually likes the > BNS's speech. I agree that the Accent lives up to its name in that it > actually has an accent. However, try typing the following words into each > synthesizer and see the difference in how well they are pronounced. > Pirate > Garage > baseball > awhile > Phoenix. > > I prefer words to be pronounced correctly without having to create tons of > exceptions in my dictionary. Speaking of synthesizers with accents, did > you ever hear the original Dectalk? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup