Can speakup pronounce February correctly?

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Thomas -

English speaking around the world all refer to the last letter of
the alphabet as 'zed'. Only in the USA is it called 'z'. You can
probably fix it pretty easily if you want, although I am not the
one to tell you how.

Chuck

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:

> It is things like this that really makes me think we desperately need a
> exception dictionary. I know I do.
> While we are talking about fixes has anyone figured out how to make z sound
> right? Z sounds like zed, and it drives me nuts.
> It only happens in Speakup, and I assume it is some sort of bug or
> something. If someone can tell me how to fix this problem I'd be really
> happy.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TALMAGE at SOMTEL.COM>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Can speakup pronounce February correctly?
>
>
> > See what it does with Roxio
> > Mine comes across as rogue show
> > Have you thought about, or maybe even done a exception dictionary or
> > lexicon file for Speakup?
> > Just a thought, and if it's there forgive my newbie status.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 03:19 PM 2/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >It's your LiteTalk.  Has nothing to do with speakup.  Maybe Randy
> > >doesn't know how to pronounce it.  Check to see how it pronounces
> > >nuclear.
> > >
> > >  Kirk
> > >
> >
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