[DECtalk] request for sample paragraphs for testing SAPI DECtalk

[Jayson Smith]

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

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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:
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>> 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
>>
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>> Hope this helps.
>> Alex
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>> 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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