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From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal...
Subject: [9fans] rsynth, yes enjoyed much
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:53:43 BST

>>I forced him(men's voice I suppose) to read README.Plan9
	...
>>Can a native speaker follow his speaking?  In my case, I can do 
>>it if I have a written paper on hand.

it would sound better if i'd used shorter sentences in the README,
which would keep the pitch sounding more natural.
as it is, it sounds a little depressive,
or rather it would if it weren't amusing.

on the other hand, rsynth is adequate for playing with speech output.
i used it on our answering machine for a few years.
i fiddled with the text of the message and say's parameters to improve the result.
it still sounded like a Dalek on tranquilisers.