From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s30.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.102]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HJB6N-0002dE-00 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:10:55 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.80]) by bay0-omc1-s30.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:10:25 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:10:24 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 128.243.220.41 by BAY103-DAV8.phx.gbl with DAV; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:20 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [128.243.220.41] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000001c75437$667449a0$de66d3cb@yourtpj8jvyu9p> Subject: Re: O.T. ESpeak Windows version doesn't work Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:19 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2007 16:10:24.0541 (UTC) FILETIME=[7675A4D0:01C75440] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:10:55 -0000 That currancy thing, it is common for TTS to say sign first. Even if that rule was to be changed, I don't think it would ever be fully corrected, as sometimes I have found websites where the currancy sign is separated from the number by a space, etc. The year, again could this really be corrected properly? Would something get nineteen ninety nine visits? Many people say that this year is two thousand and seven, so the rule to refer to numbers as numbers to me makes more sense, than making four digits a year. The only possible exception is when giving a date eg. 12/02/1997 is possibly very unlikely to be anything else. You don't want software which tries to be too clever and tell you what you have, but it gets it wrong. As an example, the UK RealSpeak seems to think I have manuscript word in windows. Generally the user is the one who understands the text, so I would say leave it that way. From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Harvey" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: RE: O.T. ESpeak Windows version doesn't work Hi Jonathan, Currency signs $, £, etc says dollar 1 instead of one dollar. Years spoken one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine instead of nineteen ninety nine. Years above 2000 are unaffected.