From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao11.cox.net ([68.230.241.28]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FYlDG-0002Jp-00 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:41:54 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([70.162.12.128]) by fed1rmmtao11.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060426144123.TTON9215.fed1rmmtao11.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:41:23 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1FYlCi-0004Do-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:41:20 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1FYlCo-0000n9-PU for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:41:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:41:26 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Subject: Re: Some number problems in eSpeak Message-ID: <20060426144125.GB2961@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" References: <20060425181654.GA27053@taylor.homelinux.net> <004001c66937$0dd023a0$230110ac@jimPersonal1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004001c66937$0dd023a0$230110ac@jimPersonal1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: "Steve Holmes,,," X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:41:54 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I actually like the numbers to be spoken as whole words even when the commas are missing. That's where the Accent synth drives me nuts when I display free space or do a 'du' on my box and those numbers are not punctuated. I find it harder to quickly parse a 6 or 7 digit number as a string of digits when I'm interested in knowing how much space is being used on my machine. On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 06:40:38AM -0700, jim grimsby jr. wrote: > Hi numbers with out the comma should be spoken as hole numbers. > Numbers with should be spoken as hole number > Numbers witten as a telephone number should be spoken as a telephone > number > Hth > Jim Grimsby jr. > msn jim.grimsby@att.net > email jimgrims@pacbell.net > skype jim.grimsby > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Taylor > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:17 AM > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Some number problems in eSpeak > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am finding some number pronunciation oddities in eSpeak. For example: > > 1.05 is spoken as 1 point 5 > 1.005 and 1.0005 are spoken as 1 point and 5 > 10000000 is spoken as 1 million > 100000000 is spoken as 1 0 and thousand thousand > 1,000,000,000 is spoken as 1 thousand million > 12345 is spoken as 1 2 thousand 3 hundred and 45 > > Note that with the commas, numbers up through 99,999,999 seem to be > spoken correctly. However, there are a lot of instances where I find > these numbers without the commas. > > Is there a way to change the way these numbers are spoken, or is this a > bug? > > Thanks for any help, > Lorenzo > - -- > A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! > -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Henry VI" > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFETmeWG9IpekrhBfIRAljqAKCtvCAG6hyfIYLCL2pFssoAGrf/7wCdG3k8 > YZGevZUJOzqxlEEnZSlfuQo= > =N4Nj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFET4aVWSjv55S0LfERA4JdAJ9NKSS7IdiBVvJPi4jlwpNCkrElswCaAx2N +EUqq81N1oG1tevE51d/Dns= =+s6m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----