Hi,
I tried setting the punctuation level, but it only spoke more,
not pronounced things differently. As far as exceptions, many
could be written and the rest changeable by the user; set up the
pronunciation dictionary to accept groups of words.
Alex
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From: "Sarai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:18:12 -0500
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] A few KeyNote Gold suggestions
See my comments below.
Sarai D. Bucciarelli
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Parks
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Subject: [Braillenote] A few KeyNote Gold suggestions
Hi all, but mainly HW staff,
I use KeyNote Gold instead of Eloquence, if I use speech at all.
I have been using more and more speech lately, and have noticed a
few things:
1. When a letter is capitalized, it is raised in pitch when
spoken. All letters, that is, except i. Haven't noticed about
the I.
Whether small or
capital, i is said at the same pitch.
2. The pronunciation dictionary, or maybe even the code itself,
could allow exceptions to pronunciation rules. By that I mean
you would almost never say, "their lives", you would say, "their
lyves". Having to choose between lives and lyves could be
avoided by setting up these exceptions. "They wind", as opposed
to "they wynd", is another example. Don't know if that would be
technically possible, think of all the exceptions. Good thought
though.
3. Semicolons are treated as periods, not semicolons, so that a
sentence containing a semicolon sounds more like two sentences.
Similarly, exclamation points sound like periods. Go to option
then
review voice, change the punctuation levels, the higher you go,
the more
punctuation is spoken.
Overall, I much prefer KeyNote Gold to Eloquence, and would much
rather my Jaws spoke with KeyNote Gold. That would be really
nice; have the sound of the remote synthesizer but with no remote
hardware. Sorry, that is for Jaws, not the BN's. Personally, I
prefer
Key Note too, especially in Spanish.
Alex
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