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>> Hi,
>>
>> I remember from the days I used Gerry ICQ, that there was a separate field
>> in the buddy info dialog that was the name text-to-speech used in spoken
>> alerts regarding this buddy.
>> For example, my french name is best said A T N or Eh T N by text-to-speech.
>>
>> Fire understandably uses the buddy alias for this task, but some aliases
>> don't sound too well and often a phonetic version of the alias give much
>> better results.
>> This in especially true for non English names, which I use a lot. It is also
>> the case when someone has a alias like Joe@work and Joe@home. All I care to
>> hear is that I have a message from Joe, so both buddies could be spoken as
>> Joe, but displayed in the list using the more complete actual alias.
>>
>> So, as a feature request, would it be possible to keep the current alias
>> field that would be used for list display purposes and by default for spoken
>> alerts, and then add a second field for those who prefer an alternate
>> pronunciation for some buddies?
>>
>> Just a thought,
>
> A thought I'd agree with! This is a feature I would very much welcome.
It is also a feature I have been working on. Unfortunately, I have had
virtually no time to devote to development projects, and that status
probably won't change until my exams end May 22:nd. If someone else
implements it before that, that is good, but if not - I'll do it then.
/ David
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