<div>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</div>
<div>high-annus unless in the dictionary.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Jayson Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br><br>I'd tend to say that netspeak acronyms that aren't also real words should be<br>spelled out. For instance, I know of at least one case where LOL is an<br>
abbreviation for something other than "Laughing out loud."<br><font color="#888888"><br>Jayson<br></font>
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<div class="h5">> Most of these things have been tested extensively in the past and haven't<br>> really changed so I think some of the testing would be redundant. However<br>> the real issue is new things that are prevalent now they worked back then<br>
> such as LOL and should it say LOL or laugh out loud.<br>> Certain things can't be done such as many of the state abbreviations as<br>> they<br>> are also words. Also to disambiguate many things some of the parsing is<br>
> case<br>> sensitive meaning if there's no capitalizations it will figure it out. But<br>> the old rules have been tested extensively and haven't really changed so I<br>> would be flabbergasted to see if any of the old stuff is broken, so think<br>
> about all the new things since they 2000 as the rules haven't been updated<br>> since approximately that time.<br>><br>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Alex H. <<a href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>><br>>> Hi Corine,<br>>><br>>> Here's a paragraph using some common phrases:<br>>><br>>> Dectalk is now running.<br>>> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Four hours of hard work<br>
>> faced us. The cat ran away from the dog at full speed.<br>>><br>>> Abbreviations and websites, email addresses, etc:<br>>> Mr. Hennings walked over to Dr. Jeckle and they both caught up with Mrs.<br>
>> Who some time after that.<br>>> The NCAA is cool. NBA, NHL and MLB scores can now be looked up using<br>>> Research tools on the web and a website such as <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/</a><br>
>> head over to <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">www.yahoo.com</a> to see some news stories of interest.<br>>> Contact <a href="mailto:sample-address@gmail.com">sample-address@gmail.com</a> for more info.<br>
>><br>>> Monitary values:<br>>> $10<br>>> $10.00<br>>> $10.99<br>>> $1,234.00<br>>> $1,234<br>>> $1,234,567.99<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Hope this helps.<br>
>> Alex<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 6/20/2011 8:00 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:<br>
>> > Jayson and friends,<br>>> > Dennis used a series of paragraphs to test the various letter-to-sound<br>>> > features of DECtalk many years ago (addresses, phone numbers, all the<br>>> > voices). These days, there are other series of characters, like<br>
>> > websites, that users might need to be . Does anyone have a favorite<br>>> > paragraph that I should use as we finish up our testing of SAPI<br>>> > DECtalk?<br>>> ><br>>> > The voices all sound fine on my computer with simple sentences. I now<br>
>> > want to test all sorts of other material before announcing a release<br>>> > date, but I'm sure I don't know what other users will want to hear.<br>>> > Please send me suggestions.<br>
>> > corine<br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > DECtalk mailing list<br>>> > <a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>>> > <a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><br>
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