Those 2 examples are rather difficult, aren't they? I'll have to forgive those...
On Sat, 11 Aug 2018 at 07:11, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > I fix mine with JAWS all the time. I don't think it is possible for it to > get it right about read/read (pronounced red) and lives/lives (pronounced > to rhyme with fives). > > Best regards, > > Carolyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Evan Gibson > Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 10:13 PM > To: VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Sharing Voice Dream Reader Pronunciation Dictionaries > > I've been using Voice Dream Reader and trying to find a good place to talk > about it and this seems to be one of the few places it ever gets discussed. > > I've found that there are huge problems with the default pronunciations > that apply to ALL voices used. I would've originally thought that there > would be voice based differences in pronunciation but there does not appear > to be. I even got some of the different voices _specifically_ to see if the > pronunciation was better. > > I'm Australian and I hear the same problems in the Australian voices and > all the British and American ones. > Even though I'm Australian I'm used to hearing British and American TV all > the time and the program does not pronounce things even vaguely normally > for those countries either. > > > Given the severity of the problem I presumed there would be a website > somewhere where people were sharing their personal Pronunciation > Dictionaries to fix all these mistakes but apparently no-one even talks > about sharing them as far as I can see. > (I was looking for this prior to putting huge amounts of work into my own, > to save duplication!) > > For examples (I'll try and dig up others later) > > bringer is always pronounced to rhyme with fringer instead of ringer like > it should be. > black-eyed or black-eyes is always pronounced blackies (That one makes me > cringe) > > I'd imagine someone out there has a personal dictionary that's a few pages > long and includes regexes and all kinds of things, and yet this topic seems > to go undiscussed? > > > Anyway, at the very least is someone starts searching for the same issue > hopefully they'll find this from now on! > > > > Thanks, > Evan > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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