[DECtalk] request for sample paragraphs for testing SAPI DECtalk

[ebruckert Bruckert]

Thats why customizable user dictinary so people could personalize it, the
biggest single issue way back was which way to pronouce Jesus,
oe is it biblical or a person's name- both sides were adamant.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:35 PM, ebruckert Bruckert <edbruckert at gmail.com>wrote:

> but computers are dumb, un less you tell it to spell it out it will
> say---lol let's see I have a vowel  so I'll send it to lettr tosound  and it
> will come pronounced as a word, like proper names can cause fits - hyannis,
> mass (on the cape ) comes out
> high-annus unless in the dictionary.
>
>   On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd tend to say that netspeak acronyms that aren't also real words should
>> be
>> spelled out. For instance, I know of at least one case where LOL is an
>> abbreviation for something other than "Laughing out loud."
>>
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <edbruckert at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 11:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] request for sample paragraphs for testing SAPI
>> DECtalk
>>
>>
>>  > Most of these things have been tested extensively in the past and
>> haven't
>> > really changed so I think some of the testing would be redundant.
>> However
>> > the real issue is new things that are prevalent now they worked back
>> then
>> > such as LOL and should it say LOL or laugh out loud.
>> > Certain things can't be done such as many of the state abbreviations as
>> > they
>> > are also words. Also to disambiguate many things some of the parsing is
>> > case
>> > sensitive meaning if there's no capitalizations it will figure it out.
>> But
>> > the old rules have been tested extensively and haven't really changed so
>> I
>> > would be flabbergasted to see if any of the old stuff is broken, so
>> think
>> > about all the new things since they 2000 as the rules haven't been
>> updated
>> > since approximately that time.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Corine,
>> >>
>> >> Here's a paragraph using some common phrases:
>> >>
>> >> Dectalk is now running.
>> >> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Four hours of hard work
>> >> faced us. The cat ran away from the dog at full speed.
>> >>
>> >> Abbreviations and websites, email addresses, etc:
>> >> Mr. Hennings walked over to Dr. Jeckle and they both caught up with
>> Mrs.
>> >> Who some time after that.
>> >> The NCAA is cool. NBA, NHL and MLB scores can now be looked up using
>> >> Research tools on the web and a website such as http://www.google.com/
>> >> head over to www.yahoo.com to see some news stories of interest.
>> >> Contact sample-address at gmail.com for more info.
>> >>
>> >> Monitary values:
>> >> $10
>> >> $10.00
>> >> $10.99
>> >> $1,234.00
>> >> $1,234
>> >> $1,234,567.99
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps.
>> >> Alex
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 6/20/2011 8:00 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>> >> > Jayson and friends,
>> >> > Dennis used a series of paragraphs to test the various
>> letter-to-sound
>> >> > features of DECtalk many years ago (addresses, phone numbers, all the
>> >> > voices). These days, there are other series of characters, like
>> >> > websites, that users might need to be . Does anyone have a favorite
>> >> > paragraph that I should use as we finish up our testing of SAPI
>> >> > DECtalk?
>> >> >
>> >> > The voices all sound fine on my computer with simple sentences. I now
>> >> > want to test all sorts of other material before announcing a release
>> >> > date, but I'm sure I don't know what other users will want to hear.
>> >> > Please send me suggestions.
>> >> > corine
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