[macvoiceover] Re: Strange VO pronunciation problem

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 16:01:00 -0600

It reads as "1" for me with all the voices I have available except for Daniel 
compact.  Daniel compact reads it as "I", but I don't really like that voice.  
Any idea how I can change Alex to stop reading this as a Roman numeral?

Thanks,

Russell
On 2012-07-01, at 2:50 PM, Tuscia-Falconer wrote:

> It reads as 'I', I am using the Australian voice, have you checked out how 
> other voices pronounce it ?
> 
> TF
> 
> On 2/07/2012, at 8:33 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
> 
> No, it happens in email messages, in text edit documents, on web pages.  How 
> does the following sentence read for you...
> 
> The book I need to buy is not available.
> 
> Let me know if the "I" in that sentence is read as "I" or "1".  For me, VO 
> reads it as "1."
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Russell
> 
> On 2012-07-01, at 1:44 PM, Tuscia-Falconer wrote:
> 
>> Are you reading scanned documents ?
>> 
>> TF
>> 
>> On 2/07/2012, at 2:21 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I'm having a problem where sometimes VO will read the word "I", as the 
>> number 1.  So, in a sentence like, "Here I go again" VO will read it as 
>> "Here 1 go again".  It only happens in "read all" mode, i.e. when I press VO 
>> + A to read an entire document.  The funny thing is that it doesn't read 
>> every instance of the word "I" as "1", and I can't seem to see  a pattern to 
>> the times it does it.  Has anyone else experienced this, and, if so, is 
>> there a way to fix it?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Russell>
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