From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([204.127.192.84]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GG0by-00072I-00 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:50:10 -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 <20060823214939m14002fgrce>; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:49:39 +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 17:49:40 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060822021314.GA30819@localhost.localdomain> <200608230838.01351.garycramblitt@comcast.net> <4e5aeaf692jsd@clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4e5aeaf692jsd@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: <200608231749.40303.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 21:50:10 -0000 On Wednesday 23 August 2006 09:19, Jonathan Duddington wrote: > In article <200608230838.01351.garycramblitt@comcast.net>, > > Gary Cramblitt wrote: > > 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". > > Interesting. It must be an American thing then :-) Yes, but one hears it spoken incorrectly all the time (with the extra "and"), so I don't think anyone would object if you left them in. > > How should "102", "112", "1002", and "1023" be spoken? Do any of those > include an "and"? No. "one hundred two", "one hundred twelve", "one thousand two", "one thousand twenty-three". I don't feel strongly about this issue either way. Do what you think is right. -- Gary Cramblitt (aka PhantomsDad)