Can speakup pronounce February correctly?

[Gregory Nowak]

No, the z as zed issue is not a bug. As far as I know, people in the US are the only ones that pernounce z as z and not as zed which is how the rest of the English speaking world pernounces it.
Greg


On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 06:17:47PM -0500, 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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