[bookport] Re: An Alternative to a Pronunciation Dictionary
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:04:59 -0500
It's also called the frequency of the voice, making it sound more basey, or
more tinny. Kind of like a trebble control in some ways.
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From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: An Alternative to a Pronunciation Dictionary
> Sorry about showing my ignorance, but what do you mean by "head size"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:26 PM
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> Subject: [bookport] Re: An Alternative to a Pronunciation Dictionary
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>
> I would agree with this. You can also change things such as =
> articulation,
> entonation, head size, etc. A speech submenu would be a nice idea.
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> From: "Jeremiah Z. Rogers" <jzr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Bookport@Freelists. Org" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:39 PM
> Subject: [bookport] An Alternative to a Pronunciation Dictionary
>
>
> > Hi fellow book porters. I've watched, with great interest, the =
> different
> > ideas about the features and functions you'd like to see added to the =
> Book
> > Port. Many of you have suggested means to alter what you've called
> > pronunciation, but in your examples, you've almost unanimously cited
> > instances where the doubletalk speech used the wrong expansion of an
> > abbreviation: drive instead of doctor, saint instead of street, etc. =
> I've
> > suggested, in previous posts, that APH allow Book Port users more =
> access
> to
> > the finer features of the Doubletalk synthesizers: control of =
> intonation,
> > pause between words, level of enunciation, tone control, etc. All of =
> these
> > features are available in other devices which utilize Doubletalk =
> speech,
> and
> > as such should be technically available in the hardware presently =
> on-board
> > your Book Ports. How does this tie into pronunciation of =
> abbreviations? I
> > believe that there is a means of instructing Doubletalk to simply =
> announce
> > abbreviations rather than try to parse them. Thus it'd say DR for =
> doctor,
> ST
> > for street or saint, etc. This bit of modification should prove much =
> more
> > efficient in terms of space utilization, as well as in meeting the =
> needs
> of
> > most users. Were APH to turn its users loose with complete control =
> over
> all
> > of Doubletalk's wide array of configurable features as I've previously
> > requested, this feature could simply be one of them and could be part =
> of a
> > speech parameters submenu off the main menu perhaps. I'll be =
> interested to
> > read reaction from list members to these thoughts, as well as any =
> thoughts
> > which might be offered by APH staff on the list. Many thanks in =
> advance.
> > Jeremiah
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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