Hi, I am requesting them voice support for English (India) such as they are already providing support of English (Great Britain), English (Caribbean), English (Scotland), English (Lancaster), English (West Midlands), English (Received Pronunciation), English (Shavian alphabet), English (America) and even English (America, New York City).
On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 16:45, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Hi Ashutosh,* > > *I really appreciate you taking these initiatives with accessibility and > assistive technologies! It's great work.* > > *I'm having a little trouble understanding your specific concerns about > 'eSpeak,' though.* > > *eSpeak has two variants: the desktop version where you can make small > modifications using language codes, and the NVDA version, which already > includes support for all Indian languages.* > > *Since your expectations are not quite clear, could you please let me know > exactly what you're looking for? That way, we can make sure what you're > saying is easily understandable by others.. Thanks!* > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Ashutosh Singhal > *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2025 12:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AI] Re: A W English India voice support > > > > Please work on my feedback. I requested for Indian English Accent support > more than 2 years ago. I am sending my request again: I am from India, > which has the largest population of People with Visual Impairments in the > world — more than 20 million people. eSpeak is an important tool for > visually impaired users, but it currently lacks an Indian English accent, > unlike American and British English. > > Indian English has its own pronunciation and usage style: > > • Schedule → “shed-yool” (Indian/British) vs “sked-jool” (American) > > • Data → “daa-tah” (Indian) vs “day-tuh” (American) > > • Advertisement → “ad-ver-tis-ment” (Indian) vs “ad-ver-tize-ment” > (American) > > • Garage → “ga-raj” (Indian) vs “ga-rahj” (American) > > We also use lakhs and crores instead of millions and billions. > > Adding Indian English accent support will make eSpeak more natural, > understandable, and inclusive for millions of Indian users who depend on > screen readers daily. > > Please consider including this option in the next update. > > Regards, > > Ashutosh Singhal > > > > On Tue, 12 Sept 2023 at 18:07, Ashutosh Singhal < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi sir/mam, > > This is my first email to this group. > I am from India. For your information India has the maximum number of the > Blind population in the World. Yes India has minimum 19 millions Blind > according to the World Health Organization even though Espeak does not have > support of English India accent unlike English USA, English (America, New > York City) and Uk etc. > We do not use millions and billions in our country instead we use Lakhs > and Crore in India. This is a simple example of English India version > differences. Like this we have many types of differences with another > version of English like English UK and English USA etc that's why I request > you Please give support for the English Indian accent in Espeak. > I hope you will work on it. > Regards: > Ashutosh Singhal > My contact number is: > +91 8076798104 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Accessible World" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/accessibleworld/CAFL6Vg%2B7enRFpO3vNVe_VXmsfLCEe6ySSFB9cwdH_22LFOBGcQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/accessibleworld/CAFL6Vg%2B7enRFpO3vNVe_VXmsfLCEe6ySSFB9cwdH_22LFOBGcQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. 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