Re: eSpeak abbreviation question

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@csir.co.za>]

Hi,
When using the generic module in speech-dispatcher, it is relatively easy 
to implement an exception dictionary just using sed.
I had to do this when testing an Afrikaans speech synth which is in 
development as it could at the time not speak numbers.
Espeak itself, has an exception dictionary, so one can change things right 
there in the tts engine.
HTH
Willem


On Thu, 4 May 2006, Laura Eaves wrote:

> Hi all -- I have been a lurker on this list for a long time, but thought I'd
> break my silence for a moment to make a suggestion.  In the case of jaws, I
> believe the acronyms are specially handled by putting the words in the
> dictionary.  I don't know about espeak and other synths you are talking
> about, but if there is a dictionary for them somewhere with the
> abbreviations in them perhaps you could just edit it to remove the
> abbreviations that bother you...  I know this sounds obvious, but I thought
> I'd suggest it.  If the synths have translations of abbreviations like DR
> hardcoded in the software, you can do the next best thing of entering the
> words in your dictionary -- say, translate "DR" to " D R".
> HTH.
> I am away from home and don't have access to linux at the moment so can't
> poke around and test my assertions.  But I know this problem is annoying as
> I run into the same thing on my cell phone -- Dr on my cell phone is
> translated to "Drive".  I would prefer a simple ""D r" being spoken.
> Good luck.
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 6:28 PM
> Subject: RE: eSpeak abbreviation question
>
>
> Well, I have the Dectalk USB, and it does this sort of thing.  It's pretty
> annoying when it gets abbreviations wrong.  I remember that JAWS for DOS
> could turn off the Dectalk abbreviations, but JFW can't.  The Accent PC also
> has abbreviations, but apparently Speakup knows how to turn them off.
> Probably the best option is to have a command that can be sent to the
> synthesizer to disable abbreviation processing.  I also agree that such
> processing should be case sensitive.
>
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