Re: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak

  • From: "Korin Trytko" <gryffontko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:32:30 -0700

Hi Yardbird,

I've tried everything I can think of to get Eloquence to say my name right but it's mostly a case of emphasis with a dash of pronunciation. It draws out the" Kor" and minimizes the "in". It also shouldn't make quite so much of a drop between syllables. Yes, I guess there is a slight drop but not that much.
As to the other questions, It's a name chosen from the girls section of a baby name book. *smile* My Mom wanted to give all of us girls names outside the usual family names. I think the original spelling was Corren and is Greek if I remember correctly. My Mom created her own spelling though and I like it better. I've also found My name with my spelling connected to Irish Gaelic. This I find really funny since my family is entirely Irish on my Mother's side. Oh, and if I am remembering my Irish studies from college, there isn't a letter K in the Gaelic alphabet.


The humorous twists small things take sometimes especially in translation.

Have a great day!

Korin -----

Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



Now you've got me laughing, too, thinking of all the tricks we have to learn
to play on Jaws to get it not to talk weird. While we're at it, how about
spelling out your first name phonetically in some way, if you can, so I can
imagine how it's actually pronounced? Is it something like ko-reen'? Or
what? And, is it a man's name or a woman's name? And from what language
and culture does it come?


Thanks very much.  I really love learning things like this, and
understanding more about the community we're in together on a list like
this.

your .
----- Original Message ----- From: "Korin Trytko" <gryffontko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



Thanks Yardbird,

for bringing this up, It gets to me too. It's one thing that can be done to
improve the readability for Jaws.


*smile*  It still refuses to say my first name right no matter what I do.
Oh, it can say my last name just fine though. *muttering VoiceNote can, my
old DecTalk could... *laughing

Korin Trytko

Have a good one!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



Hi guys,

As I suggested earlier, if you capitalize the "s" in the middle of the
word,
it then sounds in Jaws as people actually say it, instead of something
like
re Ul spee yak.  In other words, "realsSpeak."

Just trying to help. guess I've got sensitive ears. Hope this is helpful
to someone besides me. Sometimes it takes a little effort to figure out
how
to make things pronounce right, especially in these times when so many
high
tech product names are designed to be run together like that, a
convention
that, now that I think of it, maybe is meant to hark back to the more
computer-y, once-novel look of how filenames had to be run together in
DOS.
Or maybe not. Whatever. But without a little attention, Jaws can't say
these clever product names without sounding retarded.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Stone" <alex.stone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:50 AM
Subject: RE: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



Cy, Yeah, but it's probably because they're going to be offering Realspeak
with jaws version 8, so they probably don't want to get involved in fixing
existing problems with versions of realspeak which are not shipping with
jaws.
Cheers.
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of
Cy Selfridge
Sent: 16 October 2006 11:37
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



My, but this sure sounds like genuine Corporate Flim Flam to me. Cy, the Ancient Okie...



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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of john coley
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:31 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: reply from FS re problems with RealSpeak



Hi Everybody, following on from my recent postings about the problems with
Realspeak and Jaws I had a reply this morning from FS regarding it.
John.
Dear john


Thank you for contacting Freedom Scientific technical Support.  Our
development team is working to address any issues with JAWS and the
synthesizers offered
with it.  However, because JAWS 8.0 is still in development, there is no
information regarding the status of any issues known currently.  If I can
be
of
any additional assistance to you, feel free to email me back.



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