TEXTALOUD 3 MISS PRONUNCIATIONS

[Randog61]

I HAVE TEXTALOUD v3.0.105 BECAUSE OF MY EYES BEING OLD A WORN OUT, lol

ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHILE LISTENING TO A LOIUS L'AMOUR WESTERN I NOTICED SOMETHING WEIRD STARTED HAPPENING TO THE PRONUNCIATIONS OF WORDS, LOOK WAS NOW BEING PRONOUNCE LOOKA, COKE NOW COKA, LOOK NOW LOOKA, STROKE NOW STROKA, TOOK NOW TOOKA, SMOKE NOW SMOKA.

HAS ANYONE EVER RAN INTO THIS AND IF SO WHAT DID THEY DO TO CORRECT IT IF THEY DID. I'VE BEEN IN THE PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY MAINTENANCE AND USED EVERY VARIANCE POSSIBLE TO CORRECT IT.

IT'S NOTHING I'VE DONE, IT JUST STARTED AND IT ADDED IT'S OWN WORDS AS IT GOT SMARTER, lol AS YOU NOTICE THE WORDS IT'S GATHERED INTO IT'S NEW GROUP! I HOPE IT DOESN'T BREAK INTO THE DEPT. OF DEFENSES COMPUTER AND START A WAR GAME ON IT'S OWN, lol

OH YEAH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EMAIL SUPPORT

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, IF ANY IN ADVANCED

RANDY OR RANDOG61

[Jim Bretti]

Hi Randy

I'm wondering if you may have a TextAloud dictionary entry or an Automatic Text Insertion that isn't working correctly. Here's something to try.

Duplicate the problem in a small TextAloud article, just a sentence or two. Then one by one, try disabling entries that control TextAloud options to pre-process text.

So first, under the Tools menu, click Character Speaking and Filtering. If any options in the dialog are enabled, temporarily uncheck them, and press OK to close the window. Try speaking your text again.

If you still have the problem with Character Speaking and Fiiltering options disabled, click Pauses and Text Insertions under the Tools menu. Again, if any options in the dialog are enabled, temporarily uncheck them, and press OK to close the window. Try speaking your text again.

If you're still seeing the problem, repeat this procedure with Pronunciation Dictionary Maintenance. Disable any dictionaries you have and see if that fixes the problem.

If the problem happens to go away when you disable your pronunciation dictionaries, you can then re-enable dictionaries / dictionary entries gradually, until you find the dictionary / dictionary entry that is causing the trouble.

Let me know if you have any questions or if this doesn't solve the problem.

[Randog61]

I'LL GIVE THAT A TRY AND GET BACK WITH YOU ASAP. THANKS FOR YOUR SPEEDY REPLY.

RANDY

[Randog61]

HI JIM,

I TRIED EVERYTHING YOU SUGGESTED WITH NO REMEDY. I HAD A MASSIVE DICTIONARY AND I WENT BACK AND CHANGED EACH SETTING FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAD MISPRONUNCIATION IN DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AND COULDN'T GET IT TO STOP THE PRONUNCIATION IN THE MANNER THAT IT DID. I REMOVED EVERY WORD FROM MY LIST FROM THE DICTIONARY AND I HAD A FEW VARIANCES AND REMOVED THEM ALSO RAN IT AND NO LUCK

SO I DECIDED TO UNINSTALL TEXTALOUD WITH REVO UNINSTALLER PRO AND USE A QUALITY REGISTRY CLEANER TO GET RIDE OF ALL TRACES OF TEXTALOUD AND DID A CLEAN RE-INSTALL.

I PASTED EACH AND EVERY WORD THAT WAS IN MY LIST INTO TEXTALOUD AND RAN THEM AND NO MISTAKE. NOT ONE MISS PRONUNCIATION SO FAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED IT BUT I'M 61 AND HAVE BEEN BUILDING CUSTOM PC's, REBUILDING PC's, LAPTOP's AND THE SORT SINCE THEY DID AWAY WITH 5 AND 1/4" FLOPPY DRIVES, lol. SOMETIMES IT BETTER TO JUST START OVER. DISAPPOINTED THOUGH THAT SOFTWARE SUCH AS TEXTALOUD HAS FORUMS THAT MAY AND MAY NOT HELP A CUSTOMER. SEEMS TO ME THAT EVER SINCE MICROSOFT HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED IN TECH SUPPORT BACK IN THE EARLY 90's AND I'D BEEN WRITING AND TESTING SOFTWARE, WE CUSTOMERS END UP EITHER SOLVING OUR OWN PROBLEMS OR WE SACK THE PROGRAM AND INVEST IN A SIMILAR PRODUCT. ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN GROCERY SHOPPING, YOU GET SOMETHING BAD AND YOU SWITCH BRANDS. YOU BUY SOME RED DELICIOUS APPLES AND A MAJORITY ARE SOFT WITH BRUISES MAYBE YOU GET GOLDEN DELICIOUS NEXT TIME.

I LOVE THIS PROGRAM AND I'M NOT SWITCHING BUT I HOPE I DON'T RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPEEDY RESPONSE.

GAME OVER!

RANDY CRAGER OR Randog61 my 80's Military call sign!

[Jim Bretti]

Hi Randy,

Glad to hear you were able to solve the problem. Don't know if this will help, but you may want to take a look at the post at viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6109 with instructions on backing up and restoring your TextAloud pronunciation dictionaries. Its hard to say what caused the problem to begin with, but keeping regular backups of your dictionaries may help if you happen to run across this again.

[Randog61]

THANK YOU AND I WILL DO THIS BECAUSE MY DICTIONARY db WAS MASSIVE AND THAT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN THE REASON IT SO SUDDENLY STARTED GOING NUTS ON ME. IT WAS A FUNNY SORTA THING YOU KNOW. SOMETHING STARTS GOING OFF AND I SAY, "WHAT THE HECK?"

IT'S WORKING REAL WELL AGAIN STARTING FROM A CLEAN INSTALL SO I'LL LET YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT TO DO WITH THIS TOPIC. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THAT WAS IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION!

MAY THE TEXTALOUD FORCE BE WITH YOU!

RANDOG61