I can confirm this happens here too with eloquence but it is pronounced correct with the dec talk provided by WE. I just can't stand the way it sounds. If memory serves the makers of the eloquence that we use is no longer supporting or updating this synth. It will be a very sad day when Eloquence Read passes away.
Just as an aside. It is very good that we have any alternatives at all to the MS Sam. Since now with the reconfiguration of the control types before or after linked to the link settings or vise versa. Sam has a tendency to sound like he is using curse words instead of the word Button. Grin sort of like. . . Bucken yes, bucken no, bucken ok That is really disturbing to hear all day long. Hope this made some laugh. Have a good day. Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: David To: Tom Fairhurst ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Lacking pronunciation Thanks, then I know, it is none of my problem. Smile. GW, could you please investigate? Would this happen to have anything to do with your incorporation of the Eloquence Fix in the 7.5 series? I just wonder, since it did not happen in older versions of WE, but I can't remember exactly when I noticed it first time. So, I wonder if it could be something the staff accidentialy changed in one of the newer versions of WE. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fairhurst To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Lacking pronunciation I tried your examples in MS Word 2010 and confirm this behavior. From: David Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:07 AM To: WE English mailing list Subject: Lacking pronunciation I have noticed a lacking pronunciation, with my Eloquence synthesizer. This persist even with all apps turned off. Wonder if this is something others can confirm. The problem arises when a word ends in an H, followed by the apostrophe and an S. Like: Isaiah's, Jeremiah's and so forth. In those cases, the ending S is not pronounced. Only the main part of the word. How does the Eloquence with other users do with these cases? Just wondered if this is only on my system, although it happens on both machines here, or if this would be a bug in WE. Running XP, WE7.5.4.1. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
