RE: my former japanese student
- From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <rebecca.pickrell@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:48:11 -0500
Yes, and a lot has to do with how used to listening to synthetic speech =
a person is. If your student was used to and comfortable with synthetic =
speech he could think the Japanese speech is great whereas you wouldn't =
since you may not use it everyday like your student.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:18 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: my former japanese student
Is it a free download for an english user? If so I'll have to give it a =
try.
speech clarity is just as mutch an oppinion as it is a fact. Some would =
say
they like the doubletalk better then eloquence.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Kathleen A. Millhoff" <kmilhoff@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "jaws list" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: my former japanese student
> Hello,
> It's been almost a year since I wrote, requesting help for a student =
of mine
> who wished to have Jaws in Japanese.
> I saw him today. He is now successfully working in the tourism =
industry,
> planning to begin college, and owns a copy of Jaws in Japanese, which =
he
> uses at work. He told me it's the Japanese version and sounds just =
like
> people talking "very clear."
> Of course, as his teacher, I was very happy about the good news.
> But, though I like Jaws in English, along with all else, I'm now =
wondering
> if the Japanese have a superior model. Clear as the speech is in the
> English speaking Jaws, I've never considered it as clear as a human's =
voice.
> Very best,
> kat
>
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