Posted by Spartanicus on 11/24/79 11:52

Andy Mabbett <usenet200309@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

>>I'd recommend at least installing Opera and then enabling the voice
>>option
>
>Unfortunately, that reads:
>
> The RSPB have launched &lsquo;<a href="diary/BNY.htm"
> title="[...]">Birds Near You</a>&rsquo; in
>
>as:
>
> The RSPB have launched apostrophe Birds Near You apostrophe in
>
>though it copes OK with the link removed::
>
> The RSPB have launched &lsquo;Birds Near You&rsquo; in
>
>or withe th quotes inside teh link:
>
> The RSPB have launched <a href="diary/BNY.htm"
> title="[...]">&lsquo;Birds Near You&rsquo;</a> in
>
>
>It also pronounces full stops at the ends of links:
>
> <a href="foo">link</a>.
>
>as:
>
> link dot

These are faults in IBM's text to speech parser, IBM's Home Page Reader
typically shares the same flaws.

>It also has a lot of fun with "Warwickshire" ;-)

Speech synths often only work satisfactorily with words that are in
their dictionary. Such dictionaries are by definition limited, and IBM's
dictionary is an American English one.

--
Spartanicus

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