On 2018-03-24 14:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > 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
Actually I have been stripping out people's names from their first show for some time for episode hpr1700 (http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1700) and "Meet the team" on the front page. I could just use those. -- Regards, Ken Fallon http://kenfallon.com http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30
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