From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([216.148.227.154]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GFs0I-0001HD-00 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:38:42 -0400 Received: from newton.columbine.comcast.net (c-68-48-179-177.hsd1.md.comcast.net[68.48.179.177](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060823123801m14002dma8e>; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:06 +0000 From: Gary Cramblitt To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: can't get espeak working with speech dispatcher and speechd-up Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:38:01 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060822021314.GA30819@localhost.localdomain> <20060822215800.GA1014@localhost.localdomain> <4e5a9a6752jsd@clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4e5a9a6752jsd@clara.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ansi_x3.4-1968" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608230838.01351.garycramblitt@comcast.net> 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, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:42 -0000 On Tuesday 22 August 2006 18:39, Jonathan Duddington wrote: > In article <20060822215800.GA1014@localhost.localdomain>, > > Gregory Nowak wrote: >> It would also > > be nice if it were possible to have full numbers pronounced as > > one-hundred-sixty-eight, instead of one-hundred-and-sixty-eight. > > That's an easy one! Here's a modified espeak-data/en-dict file (for > eSpeak version 1.11) that says "one-hundred-sixty-eight". Is that how > you say it, or is it just for convenience with being shorter? > > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/test/numbers_2.zip I live in U.S. When I was in grade school, I was taught that inserting "and" into whole numbers is incorrect, especially when speaking money (or writing checks). "and" should be used in place of the decimal point. $168.12 should be spoken "one hundred sixty eight dollars and twelve cents". Not "one hundred and sixty eight dollars and twelve cents". However, one hears this error so often now, FAIK, the rules have changed. -- Gary Cramblitt (aka PhantomsDad)