RE: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
-Original Message- From: David Possin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] so now we have a chromatic audio attribute for each character? Don't be ridiculous. Sounds don't have chroma. There will however be a need for tone and accent variation so that proper localization can be executed. ;^P
RE: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
At 09:43 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Suzanne M. Topping wrote: -Original Message- From: David Possin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] so now we have a chromatic audio attribute for each character? Don't be ridiculous. Sounds don't have chroma. There will however be a need for tone and accent variation so that proper localization can be executed. ;^P I have been dreaming of the idea of synaesthetic applications for years but haven't come up with a way to do it yet. But sounds absolutely will need chroma, that much I know. And when you say it with feeling, the fonts will literally be perceived as feeling Such an application better not be written for Windows, because the blue screen of death will be felt rather than seen :) Barry Caplan www.i18n.com
RE: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
OK, while we are at it: smelly fonts, anyone? (actually I can imagine how some fonts smell) Dave --- Barry Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:43 AM 7/12/2002 -0400, Suzanne M. Topping wrote: -Original Message- From: David Possin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] so now we have a chromatic audio attribute for each character? Don't be ridiculous. Sounds don't have chroma. There will however be a need for tone and accent variation so that proper localization can be executed. ;^P I have been dreaming of the idea of synaesthetic applications for years but haven't come up with a way to do it yet. But sounds absolutely will need chroma, that much I know. And when you say it with feeling, the fonts will literally be perceived as feeling Such an application better not be written for Windows, because the blue screen of death will be felt rather than seen :) Barry Caplan www.i18n.com = Dave Possin Globalization Consultant www.Welocalize.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/locales/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
RE: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
Suzanne M. Topping wrote: There was a comedian in the 1970's (I remember him from the children's public television show Electric Company) who pronounced punctuation phonetically while reading various passages. So it wasn't words for the symbols, it was sounds. That was probably Victor Borge. DonF //
Re: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
Yes, Borge! So when do we start the informative annex listing all the punctuation characters and the appropriate noises to make? ;-) Figge, Donald wrote: Suzanne M. Topping wrote: There was a comedian in the 1970's (I remember him from the children's public television show Electric Company) who pronounced punctuation phonetically while reading various passages. So it wasn't words for the symbols, it was sounds. That was probably Victor Borge. DonF // -- - Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCrafthttp://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World -
Re: Saying characters out loud (derives from hash, pound,octothor pe?)
so now we have a chromatic audio attribute for each character? a real challenge to font builders and renderers. (sorry, I just had to post it back to you unicode guys) Suzanne, you need to extend the definition of your new group. ROTFL, Dave --- Tex Texin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Borge! So when do we start the informative annex listing all the punctuation characters and the appropriate noises to make? ;-) Figge, Donald wrote: Suzanne M. Topping wrote: There was a comedian in the 1970's (I remember him from the children's public television show Electric Company) who pronounced punctuation phonetically while reading various passages. So it wasn't words for the symbols, it was sounds. That was probably Victor Borge. DonF // -- - Tex Texin cell: +1 781 789 1898 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Xen Master http://www.i18nGuy.com XenCraft http://www.XenCraft.com Making e-Business Work Around the World - = Dave Possin Globalization Consultant www.Welocalize.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/locales/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
