From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from apollo.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GG9Av-00049K-00 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:58:50 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7O6wQsH028320 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:58:27 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k7O6ssPF025271 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:54:54 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k7O6ssuH025253 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:54:54 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:54:54 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: can't get espeak working with speech dispatcher and speechd-up In-Reply-To: <200608231749.40303.garycramblitt@comcast.net> Message-ID: References: <20060822021314.GA30819@localhost.localdomain> <200608230838.01351.garycramblitt@comcast.net> <4e5aeaf692jsd@clara.co.uk> <200608231749.40303.garycramblitt@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za 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, 24 Aug 2006 06:58:50 -0000 In South African English, we would normaly use the and like 102 is one hundred and two, 1234 is one thousand two hundred and thirty four. Regards, Willem On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Gary Cramblitt wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to CallCentre@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.