From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net ([68.230.241.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FbkMc-0004xD-00 for ; Thu, 04 May 2006 16:23:54 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([70.162.12.128]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060504202323.LPGR24290.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Thu, 4 May 2006 16:23:23 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1FbkM4-0001WO-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 04 May 2006 13:23:20 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1FbkM8-0001ui-Hi for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 04 May 2006 13:23:24 -0700 Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 13:23:24 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: eSpeak abbreviation question Message-ID: <20060504202323.GB7250@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20060504192656.GA20593@taylor.homelinux.net> <20060504194636.GA7583@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060504194636.GA7583@localhost.localdomain> 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: Thu, 04 May 2006 20:23:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 My thoughts exactly! I would say 95% of the time, I do *NOT* need these substitutions and I further agree with Greg, the developers never provide a means to turn this off. How 'bout mn for Minisota, hp for HorsePower when you're trying to talk about Helit Packard, Sunday Micro Systems, what else can I think of? I think GW Micro managed to get most of that garbage turned off with DEC-Access for Window-Eyes. However, I think DEC for Linux still does it . On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:46:36PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > My advise would be to get rid of doctor/drive or saint/street > altogether, and just say dr and st. One of the things I can't stand > about some synths is that they say abbreviations like that, and most > of them don't give you an option to turn that off. > > Greg > > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:26:56PM -0400, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Has anyone figured out how to solve the doctor/drive abbreviation problem in > > eSpeak? I tried several things and nothing helped. I tried adding an entry for > > drive in english.list, but eSpeak still says doctor all the time. I put it > > after doctor and it said drive all the time. I tried explicitly putting the dot > > in the entry for doctor, but then it said drive all the time. And when I > > removed the entry for drive, it simply said d r even if there was a dot after > > it. Has anyone figured out the right way to do this? Did I maybe forget > > something that would have made a difference? I can use similar help in the > > matter of the saint/street problem as well. > > > > Thanks, > > Lorenzo > > - -- > > Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles > > as if she laid an asteroid. > > -- Mark Twain > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFEWlWAG9IpekrhBfIRAsIrAJ95Z/SjffxJnUyuldszDE4YawNGAACgm8a8 > > vOonEsLU+jdXTuoD1ihxCbY= > > =MkTk > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEWloc7s9z/XlyUyARAghhAJ9tOtKtwbk9SiNMAU9MXyoBny5wRACg3UKY > Gz4weUUtP/aP2J+qlsnfQ3o= > =QQe7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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) iD8DBQFEWmK6WSjv55S0LfERAxJRAJwPEUx7Vsxp4qyy8EXNph/xlQ++lQCdGhzG xewQoo/pM3LP3O1nImBwuq8= =u18u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----