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BetterSpeech Version 1.0
A speech enhancement Utility
for the
Commodore Amiga
April, 1988
Copyright (C) Dexter (Chip) Orange, 1988.
BetterSpeech is a program designed to be run in the background
so it can intercept calls to the Translate routine of the Translator library and
do some pre-processing of the text before it is translated.
This processing is usually of two forms:
substitution of alternate pronunciations for specific words which are
normally mispronounced, and the translation of numeric sequences into their
proper english pronunciation. (this latter includes the proper pronunciation
of dates such as 1978).
When BetterSpeech is involked (you do this by typing: RUN BetterSpeech),
it looks for a file called DEVS:Translator.Exceptions. If this file exists,
BetterSpeech assumes that it contains a list of exceptions and alternate
pronunciations for these exceptions.
The format of this file is:
<exception>
<its replacement>
.
.
.
A sample translator.exceptions file is provided in this distribution
so you can get the idea.
You can force BetterSpeech to unload by sending it a control-C break
with the BREAK command like so:
BREAK 2
(use the proper task number, the 2 here is
just an example).
BetterSpeech is freely distributable, and I would appreciate any
coments/suggestions/bug reports at any of the following:
U.S. snail:
3227 Rain Valley Ct.
Tallahassee, FL. 32308
CIS: 71450,1162