[bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
- From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 09:28:23 -0400
Here's one of the reasons why using a synth may be better than a narrator.
You should be able to go into the pronunciation dictionary and change the
way the synth pronounces specific words. I use this feature from time to
time because certain pronunciations can prove quite distracting. Now try
and do something like this to a narrator. *grin*
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-- Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
> I had to read an entire book on tape where the name Irene was pronounced
> Irene-e. Of course every single synth reading this message will say that
> differently, so know one will really know how it was said, but believe me
it
> was annoying, since she was the main character.
>
> I only really love keynote, but I can deal with viavoice all right.
> Kurzweil seems to have the best way of respecting punctuation and giving
> almost human-like reading to synthesizers, so I really would like keynote
> with Kurzweil, but I either get keynote with jaws, or via voice with
> Kurzweil, so then I have a hard decision when it comes to being read to by
> my computer.
>
> I know what you mean about needing to prove you can exist without your
> computer. Fortunately I can prove that every once in a while without
giving
> up my synthesizer. <bg> I have a braille note, which conveniently is a
> keynote synthesizer. Of course that is not proving I can live without
> technology, but I'm already convinced I can't. :-)
>
> Just so everyone knows I am weird too, my particular strangeness, that I
can
> think of at this moment, is imagining letters and words have colors. I
> actually think it helps me remember things sometimes. I learned in the
same
> article that I mentioned to Guido before, that there are others who do the
> same weird thing. I felt so much less unique after reading that article.
> hehehe
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> curious entity at earthlink dot net
>
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