From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Thu Aug 31 11:38:20 2006 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Subject: Re: [MiNT] Anything happening From: Petr Stehlik To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:30:22 +0200 Message-Id: <1157016623.8337.27.camel@joy.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ms1.avonet.cz id k7V9TlRV014509 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: joy@sophics.cz Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET X-Spam-Level: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by wh58-508.st.uni-magdeburg.de id k7V9cJaq017642 Lonny Pursell píše v St 30. 08. 2006 v 18:08 -0400: > > sounds cool. I am wondering how to properly switch the various language > > preprocessors - perhaps based on active locale? that would be cool :-) > > I think that would be possible, although someone would have to figure out > the proper phonemes for the various languages. I did not create the text to > speech routine, only have adapted it to a XDD. Currently it only knows > English. Well as we both know there are four steps in the text-to-speech routine. And first step "preprocess" the English to some easier-to-speak language. And IMHO this first step should be configurable - either simple skip or better yet - let the caller provide its own translation table? - if it is to be usable for non-English as well. IIRC the original routine allows for skipping the first step? Petr