[NFBCS] Does Anyone Know Why JAWS Sucks at Pronouncing So Many Words?

[Humberto Avila]

Hi Nicole,


I would personally suggest to switch up your synth. I think Eloquence 
TTS is great and can speak very fast, but I would agree, it sucks 
pronouncing especially many modern terms. Eloquence TTS was made so many 
years ago and it hasn't been updated. For me, your sentence, "I made a 
quesadilla with a tortilla" was read and even the double L's you're 
supposed to sound in Spanish, pronounced correctly with the Microsoft 
SAPI voices that come with Windows. I bet you the Vocalizer Expressive 
TTS that you can install with JAWS would even pronounce those.

But this is not the topic of this list. If you need help, write 
off-list, or use another tech list like the GUI-Talk or blind Talk 
mailing list.


On 8/25/2024 8:54 PM, Nicole Torcolini via NFBCS wrote:
>
> Okay, I know that this is not that important, but JAWS cannot even say 
> Colosseum correctly, not to mention several words that are in the 
> English dictionary: “I made a quesadilla from a tortilla.” (but it can 
> pronounce Versailles correctly?) VoiceOver on iOS is not perfect, but, 
> compared to JAWS, it is great, especially when it comes to words/names 
> that are made by combining multiple words. I have been able to fix a 
> few of the pronunciations by having JAWS pronounce it in the original 
> language, such as Audi in German, but that does not always work. I 
> don’t expect it to be perfect, but it should get the more well known 
> ones right.
>
> Nicole
>
>
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