dear dinesh, please let me know how to donload espeak for my xp professional version. till you reply, you all should read below: which if you all could like i will continue it in the next. ________ THE COOKER FOR YOU PRODUCT INFORMATION GUDE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE RFOR THE BLIND OCTOBER 1990 A nnew cooker is a big expense and could cost you anything from 150 pound up to 900 pounds or more. That is why it is important to be sure your choice is convenient to use and includes all the features you want it to—especially as you are unlikely to replace it for several years. This information leaflet is intended to help you choose the cooker most suitable for youand the following guidelines should assist you in making a decision on the best model to buy. Space. Before setting out to shop for possibilities, you might like to measure the exisisting space already in your kitchen, where you are hoping to fit your new cooker. If you want to change the layout of your kitchen and would like to change the position of agas cooker, you must allow access for the out side gas supply. You may need to seek expert advice on this and your local gas board should be able to help "see the useful address" (section). Gas or electric? Generally gas cookers are faster and will respond more quickly when you alter heat control, but electric cookers are cleaner. Hot surfaces cook faster with gas, but when any gas is leaked then it could prove dangerous. It is worth considering what source energy you have been familiar with and whether you are prepared to adjust to change and perhaps alter a habit of lifetime. .....contd in next mail. drunsinha
On 7/1/07, Saurabh Malav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are some issues while using eSpeak with Jaws for hindi language. Some > are listed below: > > 1. Jaws skips some words while reading hindi document. > 2. eSpeak is using US-English accent for hindi language too. Actually in the > background eSpeak first converts hindi text into roman english text then > these converted english is actually spoken by eSpeak for hindi text. Hence > the accent for both english and hindi voices are same. However the response > of eSpeak is good. > 3. Jaws doesn't properly break hindi document while reading by sentence. > Because in hindi language sentence is broken by using "purna viram" which > Jaws doesn't recognize. > > Regards, > Saurabh Malav > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] After BPO & KPO, now comes PP > > > > ...drunsinha > > > > Currently I am not working for hindi language softwares, but I got to know > > that a synthesiser called ESpeak can be used to speak hindi with jaws. > > > > Otherwise better option still is to use safa for hindi, and these days it > > is > > very stable. > > > > For more details about safa, contact NAB delhi. > > > > Regards > > Dinesh Kaushal > > > > blog at > > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dr.u.n.sinha > > narain > > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:30 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AI] After BPO & KPO, now comes PP > > > > dear dinesh, > > you have told abot india's p.p.o. can you tell me if there are chances to > > add hindi in jfw. if so, how? > > ...drunsinha > > > > On 6/29/07, Dinesh Kaushal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> After BPO & KPO, now comes PPO > >> June 28, 2007 > >> > >> You have heard about BPO (business process outsourcing) & KPO > >> (knowledge process outsourcing), but it's time now to add a new word > >> to your > >> vocabulary: PPO. > >> > >> Coined by Alok Aggarwal, chairman of Evalueserve Inc, PPO means > >> person-to-person outsourcing. The US-based Aggarwal, who is the > >> co-founder of the global research and analytics services firm, says > >> offshoring is now beginning to go mainstream and is touching the upper > >> class and working class alike. > >> > >> "This is very reminiscent of 1991-92 when manufacturing in China and > >> other low-wage countries began to impact the lives of the rich and the > >> not-so-rich in developed countries," he says. > >> > >> Here's how: small offices, home businesses and even individuals are > >> utilizing PPO services everyday through various means such as online > >> tutoring and home & landscape design services. Even invitation cards > >> for weddings and other parties, personal assistant secretarial > >> services like scheduling appointments and maintaining calendars are > >> now being outsourced. > >> > >> Many of these professionals work from their homes with a broadband > >> connection and given the low overhead, vendors and freelancers can > >> charge fairly low rates. > >> > >> A few companies, such as Future Net (a subsidiary of the Alaphuza, > >> India-based Future Groups) are also experimenting with providing > >> ancillary and concierge services from low-wage countries. > >> > >> In their model, the end-client registers on their website and agrees > >> on a price. Future Net then provides property deals for customers or > >> for their family members and friends. Other services would include > >> payments made to utility service agencies, educational or other > >> institutions; and purchase of simple items such as movie tickets, > >> personal computers, and electronics equipment. > >> > >> Apart from online tutoring, for instance, companies such as > >> Transtutors, Career Launcher, Educomp Datamatics, and Tutor Vista also > >> offer one-on-one "live" > >> homework assistance over the web and provide essay-writing guidance > >> and help with educational content. Most Indian tutors charge between > >> $8 and $40 per hour - a pittance by US standards. > >> > >> If you thought the PPO market is too small and hence insignificant, > >> Aggarwal has an answer. Individual contracts are often of low value - > >> between $100 and $5,000 - but since the number of end consumers and > >> small businesses is enormous, the total addressable market in the US > >> alone easily exceeds $20 billion. > >> > >> Evalueserve's research and analysis shows that between April 2006 and > >> March 2007, the revenue from this sector was more than $250 million > >> and it is likely to grow to over $2 billion by 2015 - a cumulative > >> annual growth rate of around 26 per cent. The growth rate, Aggarwal > >> says, is likely to be much more in the future as many of these PPO > >> offshoring trends are at the beginning of their lifecycles. > >> > >> According to Evalueserve, PPO services follow two business models: the > >> direct interaction model where the individual client signs a contract > >> directly with a vendor in a low-wage country, whose employees (tutors, > >> admin etc) work on a full-time or a part-time basis, or as > >> sub-contractors. > >> > >> Since these contracts are of low monetary value, the individual client > >> cannot usually travel to the offshore location or perform a costly > >> due-diligence process, and is therefore exposed to some risk. > >> > >> Although payments can be made through cheques or wire transfers, since > >> the cost of individual projects is fairly low, clients usually pay the > >> vendors with credit cards, which can help offset some of this risk. > >> > >> The second is the online marketplace model where the vendors providing > >> PPO services enrol in an online marketplace by paying a monthly > >> subscription fee plus a fixed percentage of the revenue if they win > >> the project through this marketplace. So, when an individual client > >> posts requirements for a new project to be conducted on the online > >> marketplace, the marketplace communicates these opportunities to the > >> selected vendors and freelancers and requests proposals to be > >> delivered to the client. > >> > >> The client then awards the work to the appropriate vendor depending on > >> price (which may be on a per hour or a fixed cost basis), delivery > >> time and a quality score provided by other clients who have been > >> served by this vendor. > >> > >> In this model, the online marketplace typically earns between 5 per > >> cent and > >> 15 per cent of the contract price in return for an assurance of a > >> minimum service level from the vendor, thereby reducing the risk for > >> the client. > >> > >> Evalueserve's research estimates that there are currently more than 90 > >> online marketplaces on the World Wide Web and projects that they have > >> involve over 500,000 vendors and freelance professionals who are > >> providing these services from low-wage countries. > >> > >> Some of the prominent online marketplaces are Guru.com (the largest > >> marketplace with more than 625,000 registered vendors and freelance > >> professionals), California-based Elance.com, Florida-based > >> RentACoder.com and GetAFreeelancer.com, owned by Sweden-based > >> Innovateit. > >> > >> http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jun/28bpo.htm > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > >> please visit the list home page at > >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > >> .in > >> > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with > > the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > > please > > visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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