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Hear an odd anomaly in the OS X speech system
Authored by: kyncaith on Mar 23, '09 10:32:56AM

In VoiceOver, there is a way to correct these errors (at least in Leopard).

Go to System Preferences->Universal Access->Seeing Tab->Open VoiceOver Utility...->Speech->Pronunciation Tab

Click on the Add (+) button.

Enter the Text to correct in the Text field (in this case bullfrog).
Enter a phonetic pronunciation in Pronunciation field (I typed in bulfrog, one L).
Name the group you want to add it to in the Group field (I made a group named Corrected Speech).
Keep All applications selected in the Application drop down box.
Keep Ignore Case checked.
Click Save.

You can then do the same for bullfrogs (using bulfrogs for the pronunciation).

The downside is that this only works through the VoiceOver utility. If you are using the Start Speaking Text through the services menu, it doesn't seem to access the VoiceOver utilities pronunciations. At least I couldn't get it to work for me.

At least the VoiceOver works, which is good for the visually impaired, of course.




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