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Spoke with computer geek husband who says to look for add-ons and/or
plug-ins. Also, he says if that doesn't work you should contact Microsoft
and explain the free speech implications of blocking words on your computer.
Beth t the ot
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Deri James
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 5:57 AM
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Subject: Re: software will not swear!
On Sunday 16 Apr 2006 08:56, Magenta Raine wrote:
> Golly, my dad gave me a laptop for my birthday, with naturally
> speaking software female voice, Kate. There is just one problem; Kate
> refuses to say most swear words! Why do they censor it? It should be
> up to the people to decide. And it's inconsistent. It will say fucked,
> but not fucker, it says shitty, but not ass..... a helper said
> somebody else's talking device also won't say cuss words. i just can't
believe it. Anthony, Beth, do you know
> why they do it? sure I could defeat it by spelling the words slightly
> differently. But why on earth can't folks let us swear if we want to?
> microsoft's Sam can do it, why can't Kate?!
>
> Mag
Hi Mag.
Well "Kate" can certainly swear like a trooper - see here:-
<http://vhost.oddcast.com/vhost_minisite/demos/tts/tts_example.html>
Its some braindead f****** windows thing the ********!!!
(Oh look my e-mails caught it now!!!)
Cheers
Deri
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