From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay103-dav18.bay103.hotmail.com ([65.54.174.90] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FblA5-0005lW-00 for ; Thu, 04 May 2006 17:15:01 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 4 May 2006 14:14:57 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 128.243.220.21 by BAY103-DAV18.phx.gbl with DAV; Thu, 04 May 2006 21:14:53 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [128.243.220.21] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <7886E30AFD334C46A3C6F8BD7C185F6F013163F6@COCMAIL3.coc.ca> Subject: Re: eSpeak abbreviation question Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 22:14:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2006 21:14:57.0814 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBF89360:01C66FBF] 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 21:15:01 -0000 Also some of them should only apply when a capital is involved. Using the dr example, should only be doctor only when capital D is used. I noticed that in espeak these are not case sensitive. Normally because it is hard for a computer to get it right, I normally avoid using synths that do this. I have come across some that make some very strange abrieviations, OK as Oklahoma (flite) and MS as manuscript (realspeak). To get back to the original question, I don't know if punctuation can be used in these files, it might require some special codes to be used like in python programming when using punctuation in strings (e.g. \.). From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawes, Stephen" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:27 PM Subject: RE: eSpeak abbreviation question One that often causes nothing but grief for speech is the ca abbreviation. Is it ca for Canada, Computer Associates, or California. Steve Dawes Phone: (403) 268-5527 Email: SDawes@calgary.ca NOTICE - This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation.