[bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
- From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:16:47 -0500
Yes, even mothers, who are normally good readers don't completely support
that feature. <bg>
Human readers also tend to stop reading completely if you suggest they stop
reading instantly when you say stop, and often get sick of repeating things
from just the right place when you need them to.
I say this from my experiences in highschool when I didn't have a scanner,
and the Internet was not completely useful or functional. :-)
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
curious entity at earthlink dot net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
> 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*
> =====
> -- 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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