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10.4: Speak different languages
Authored by: NB on Sep 12, '06 08:10:32AM

Wow. Well, maybe your system differs from mine, or your customers are -VERY- nice with you.
It does not work.
As adrianm stated, it reads as if it was English, "badly".
Try to make it say :
"Bonjour, il est dix-sept heures douze."(It means "Hello, it's twelve past five in the afternoon." in french)
Then ask someone who speak french to check the result.

It does not work, it can not work and there are so many problems and issues that prevent it to work it hurts me to see this tip.

I've had fun trying to make MacInTalk speak french since macos 8... It has not changed a bit. (There's hope for Leopard)



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10.4: Speak different languages
Authored by: siMac on Sep 12, '06 09:22:24AM

Yeah, this is so far from working it's funny.

Please people, do NOT try this - the pronunciation is hilariously wrong and no-one will understand a word.

Even if it did work, how do you propose understanding your customer's replies?

I can't believe this made it through Rob's screening....



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10.4: Speak different languages
Authored by: osxpounder on Sep 12, '06 12:02:41PM

I don't usually complain about tips, and this isn't really a complaint, but ... as many have said, the original tip here is just plain wrong. You must be able to speak [both talking and listening] at least one foreign language before you'd even have a chance at knowing whether this tip would work. As you've seen, some of us do. So do I. It doesn't work. When I type German words, I hear some awful and strange pronunciations from the Apple, but nothing that sounds like German.

I was almost going to ask, "How the heck can you listen and respond on the phone to someone speaking a language you don't understand?", but it's a moot question.

Sorry, I know you meant well, but your tip is wrong.



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