It's always annoying when somebody mispronounces your name but I think the same issue probably exists for some of the episode titles, especially when acronyms or application/trade names are included.
For first-language English speakers it's probably not so much of a problem but HPR has plenty of listeners for whom English is a 2nd language, so deciphering eSpeak might sometimes not be so easy. Would it be such a big deal to either request hosts to make their own introductions or, failing that, find a volunteer with a good speaking voice to pre-record episode introductions? Since slots are booked in advance it should be possible for the "announcer" to record them in batches, thereby reducing the burden. Beeza ________________________________ From: Hpr <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Fallon <[email protected]> Sent: 24 March 2018 13:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hpr] Suggestion: Phonetic host names On 2018-03-24 10:00, Dave Lee wrote: > > Is there enough demand to request that a change is made, or is this > simply a case of "suck it up, Dave"? > Not at all - great idea. Here is the list of host names https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhackerpublicradio.org%2Fcorrespondents.php&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc388781489754bbacd3508d5918909f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636574940115548939&sdata=%2FLdz5mpyKuj8BO2O0KbFr4Gy%2F7LagPvJP1MYf6%2Fam%2Bg%3D&reserved=0 Send me the hostid and the correct Phonetic string for espeak and I'll make it happen. -- Regards, Ken Fallon https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkenfallon.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc388781489754bbacd3508d5918909f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636574940115548939&sdata=r6uXTFr8qf6GoaO3A%2BLE%2FKf0eW4XNaEilhtyqtyCYu4%3D&reserved=0 https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhackerpublicradio.org%2Fcorrespondents.php%3Fhostid%3D30&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc388781489754bbacd3508d5918909f8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636574940115548939&sdata=W6l23RI8JpTgFvAHXn9zP84%2FVaK2sMjo6%2Bv9TUDtC%2F0%3D&reserved=0
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