[bookport] Re: a feature request
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:15 -0600
I've been using computer speech for so long now, many times I don't even
notice when something is mispronounced unless I'm trying too. I actually
don't think I've ever changed the pronunciation of a word, even when using
screen readers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: a feature request
> As much as I would like a pronunciation dictionary and favor the
> thought of putting as much work off on the transfer utility and
> sheltering the limited hardware we have, I'd hate to have yet
> another situation where blind people say our spelling is made
> worse by this or that technology. One of the advantages of seeing
> the real text is learning how things are spelled and it would
> take a lot of benefit to compromise that. I can't see how the
> corrections dictionary could be any place but between the actual
> text and the synthesizer though I'd love to find a way to have
> the feature.
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