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- SPEECH is a program written by Andy McGuire which generates speech on
- the IBM-PC. When run, it performs a "terminate and stay resident",
- becoming available as a background function, usable by other programs.
- It is generally distributed with a BASIC program named TALKDEMO.BAS,
- which shows how to use the SPEECH function from BASIC.
-
- SAY is a short driver program written by Thom Henderson which passes
- its command line arguments to the SPEECH function, thus allowing batch
- files to generate speech.
-
- You must install SPEECH before SAY will work. SPEECH is installed
- simply by running it. It only needs to be run once. SAY will
- complain if SPEECH is not installed.
-
-
-
- SPEECH supports thirty six phonemes, which are specified as one or two
- character codes, as follows:
-
- a f n tz
- ae g oh u
- ah h oo uh
- aw i p v
- b ih r w
- ch j s wh
- d k sh y
- ee l t z
- eh m th zh
-
- Phonemes may be given in either upper case or lower case. Phonemes are
- separated with a dash. Words are separated with a space. For
- example, to say "this is a test", you would type:
-
- say tz-ih-s ih-z ah t-eh-s-t-t
-
-
- Some common words are defined below.
-
-
- Cardinal numbers:
-
- 0 z-ee-r-oh
- 1 w-uh-n
- 2 t-oo
- 3 th-r-ee
- 4 f-oh-r
- 5 f-i-v
- 6 s-ih-k-s
- 7 s-eh-v-eh-n
- 8 a-a-t
- 9 n-i-n
- 10 t-eh-n
- 11 eh-l-eh-v-uh-n
- 12 t-w-eh-l-v
- 13 th-ih-r-t-ee-n
- 14 f-oh-r-t-ee-n
- 15 f-ih-f-t-ee-n
- 16 s-ih-k-s-t-ee-n
- 17 s-eh-v-eh-n-t-ee-n
- 18 a-a-t-ee-n
- 19 n-i-n-t-ee-n
- 20 t-w-eh-n-t-ee
- 30 th-u-r-t-ee
- 40 f-oh-r-t-ee
- 50 f-ih-f-t-ee
- 60 s-ih-k-s-t-ee
- 70 s-eh-v-eh-n-t-ee
- 80 a-t-ee
- 90 n-ih-n-t-ee
- hundred h-uh-n-d-r-eh-d
- thousand th-ah-u-s-eh-n-d
- million m-ih-l-y-uh-n
-
-
- Ordinal numbers:
-
- first f-u-r-s-t
- second s-eh-k-u-n-d
- third th-u-r-d
- fourth f-oh-r-th
- fifth f-ih-f-th
- sixth s-ih-k-s-th
- seventh s-eh-v-eh-n-th
- eighth a-a-t-th
- ninth n-i-n-th
- tenth t-eh-n-th
-
-
- Letters:
-
- A a-ee
- B b-ee
- C s-ee
- D d-ee
- E ee-ee
- F eh-f
- G j-ee
- H a-ch
- I i
- J j-a
- K k-a
- L eh-l
- M eh-m
- N eh-n
- O oh-w
- P p-ee
- Q k-y-oo
- R ah-r
- S eh-s
- T t-ee
- U y-oo
- V v-ee
- W d-uh-b-l-y-oo
- X eh-k-s
- Y w-i
- Z z-ee
-
-
- Words:
-
- a uh
- ability ae-b-ih-l-ih-t-ee
- aboard uh-b-oh-r-d
- abort uh-b-oh-r-t
- affirmative ah-f-eh-r-m-ah-t-ih-v
- all aw-l
- alter ah-l-t-r
- an ae-n
- and ae-n-d
- Andy ae-n-d-ee
- any eh-n-ee
- anybody ae-n-ee-b-ah-d-ee
- at ae-t
- attacked uh-t-ae-k-t
-
- backup b-ah-k-uh-p
- basic b-a-s-ih-k
- baud b-aw-d
- be b-ee
- begin b-ee-g-ih-n
- boot b-oo-t
- boss b-oh-s
- break b-r-a-k
- bug b-uh-g
- by b-i
-
- call k-aw-l
- calling k-aw-l-ih-n-g
- capable k-a-p-uh-b-uh-l
- Charlie ch-ah-r-l-ee
- city s-ih-t-ee
- cold k-oh-l-d
- combinations k-ah-m-b-ih-n-a-sh-uh-n-s
- comes k-uh-m-s
- command k-uh-m-ah-n-d
- consider k-uh-n-s-ih-d-r
- continue k-uh-n-t-ih-n-y-oo
- copyright k-ah-p-ee-r-i-t
- crash k-r-ah-sh
- create k-r-ee-a-t
-
- dancing d-ae-n-s-ih-n-g
- December d-ee-s-eh-m-b-uh-r
- different d-ih-f-uh-r-eh-n-t
- disk d-ih-s-k
- dog d-aw-g
- dog d-oh-g
- doing d-oo-ih-n-g
- done d-uh-n
- DOS d-aw-s
- down d-ah-w-n
- drive d-r-ae-v
-
- eating ee-t-ih-n-g
- emergency ee-m-r-j-eh-n-s-ee
- enter eh-n-t-r
- error eh-r-uh-r
- escape eh-s-k-a-p
- exit eh-k-s-ih-t
-
- falls f-ah-l-l-s
- fast f-ah-s-t
- fatal f-a-t-l
- fault f-aw-l-t
- fixed f-ih-k-s-t
- floppy f-l-oh-p-ee
- following f-ah-l-oh-w-ih-n-g
- Foray f-oh-r-a-ee
-
- gently j-eh-n-t-l-ee
- gives g-ih-v-s
-
- hard h-aw-r-d
- has h-ae-s
- hello h-eh-l-oh-w
- Henderson h-eh-n-d-r-s-uh-n
- here h-ee-r
- him h-ih-m
- his h-ih-s
- hit h-ih-t
- hot h-ah-t
- how h-aw-w
- hundred h-uh-n-d-r-eh-d
-
- ignore ih-g-n-oh-r
- in ih-n
- insert ih-n-s-uh-r-t
- interface ih-n-t-r-f-ah-y-s
- is ih-z
- it ih-t
-
- just j-uh-s-t
-
- key k-ee
- killer k-ih-l-r
- kludge k-l-oo-d-zh
-
- like l-i-k
- limitless l-ih-m-ih-t-l-eh-s-s
- look l-u-k
-
- mail m-a-uh-l
- man m-ae-n
- McGuire m-ih-k g-w-i-r
- memory m-eh-m-oh-r-ee
- miss m-ih-s
- modem m-oh-d-ih-m
- moon m-oo-n
- much m-uh-ch
- my m-i
-
- name n-a-m
- no n-oh
-
- of uh-f
- on ah-n
- or aw-r
- out ah-w-t
- out aw-t
- outside aw-t-s-ah-y-d
-
- parallel p-ah-r-uh-l-eh-l
- phone f-oh-n
- phoneme f-oh-n-eh-m
- phonemes f-oh-n-eh-m-s
- plain p-l-a-ih-n
- port p-oh-r-t
- press p-r-eh-s
- printer p-r-ih-n-t-r
- program p-r-oh-g-r-ae-m
-
- rain r-a-ih-n
- RAM r-ah-m
- ready r-eh-d-ee
- recover r-ee-k-uh-v-r
- remote r-eh-m-oh-t
- remove r-ee-m-u-v
- replace r-ee-p-l-a-s
- reproducing r-ee-p-r-oh-d-oo-s-ih-n-g
- reserved r-ee-s-u-r-v-d
- restore r-ee-s-t-oh-r
- retry r-ee-t-r-i
- rights r-i-t-s
-
- seadog s-ee-d-oh-g
- second s-eh-k-uh-n-d
- see s-ee
- seen s-ee-n
- sentence s-eh-n-t-eh-n-s
- serial s-ih-r-ee-ah-l
- service s-uh-r-v-eh-s
- shall sh-ah-l
- side s-ah-y-d
- slow s-l-oh-w
- something s-uh-m-th-ih-n-g
- sound s-ah-w-n-d
- Spain s-p-a-ih-n
- speech s-p-ee-ch
- start s-t-ah-r-t
- starting s-t-ah-r-t-ih-n-g
- sysop s-ih-s-ah-p
-
- talk t-aw-k
- tape t-a-p
- telephone t-eh-l-uh-f-oh-n
- test t-eh-s-t-t
- the tz-uh
- these tz-ee-s
- this tz-ih-s
- Thom t-ah-m
- to t-oo
- tomato t-uh-m-a-t-oh
- too t-oo
- try t-r-i
-
- unit y-oo-n-ih-t
- us uh-s
- user y-oo-s-r
- using y-oo-s-ih-n-g
- using y-oo-z-ih-n-g
-
- very v-ae-r-ee
- vocabulary v-oh-k-ae-b-y-oo-l-ae-r-ee
-
- warm w-ah-r-m
- we w-ee
- welcome w-eh-l-k-uh-m
- working w-uh-r-k-ih-n-g
- would w-u-d
-
- yes y-eh-s
- your y-oh-r
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