the c and z in braillenote spanish do sound like es's. That is how the keynote pronounces them It's a mixture between castilian and latin american i think.
Josh > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Lindsay Yazzolino <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: blind-spanish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Braillenote ><[email protected] >Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 03:08:36 +0000 (GMT) >Subject: [Braillenote] Keynote Spanish >Hi Everybody, >Sorry about the cross-posting. I am curious about the Spanish speech on the >BrailleNote for any of you who use it. I understand that it speaks Castilian >Spanish, however, is it very noticeable to you that the KeyNote speech >pronounces the Z and soft C like a th? The reason I ask is that I heard >Eloquence speak Castilian Spanish and noticed how it pronounced these sounds >like th's. After listening to the Braillenote, I have not noticed it doing >the same thing. I have had a very hard time noticing it pronouncing these >sounds the way I have heard Eloquence pronounce them (they sound more like S's >to me on the Braillenote). Although certain aspects of the Castilian Spanish >speech annoy me (probably because I have never learned using this dialect), >and I am glad that they sound like S's instead of th's to me, is the speech >just not very clear or is it that I have just gotten used to it over >time--either that or I just have a really bad ear? I talked to a very fluent >Spanish speaker >Lindsay >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
