Hi, I think it'd be nice if the TTS manufacturers would stop putting small dictionary entries like dr or st or ms or whatever into their products. It's nice when they work correctly, but when they don't sound right in context, it can be an annoyance.
Jason. -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Licht [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Add these words to fix in the BS dictionary Most words that either end in O R or E R are mispronounced. Words that have T E R in them, such as interested, are also mispronounced. It would be nice if this could be fixed, but, as I'm sure you have all noticed, each electronic reader has its own particular quirks. For instance, the Bookport always pronounced D R as drive. Even though this is correct, it is more commonly pronounced doctor in the real world. And Saint Teresa being pronounced "Street Teresa... well, that is a bit much! At 10:42 PM 9/10/2009 -0700, you wrote: >Hi folks, > >I'm sure those of us on this listserv can create a short list of >words that the present Book Sense speech synthesis does badly. Here >are a few that I have noticed that are regularly mangled. I hope >these fixes can be put in the next release. > >Mispronunciations: > >Barbara > >Labor > >October > >Interested > >and US dollars being read as Australian dollars > >Any more for the list? > > >Bryan > Sandy Licht Turn right, then go straight! Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible) 11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.(A) 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4417 (20090911) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
