Beth,
Since your husband is a computer geek, I have another question to throw his
way, if you don't mind. Every so often I like to defrag my hard drive to
get better performance, I use the defragger that's built into XP but it
takes 3-6 hours to complete, and I don't see my computer performing as it
did for the first while after receiving it. Can you check with your husband
to see what he suggests?
Thanks,
Anthony
Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth Thiers
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: software will not swear!
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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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Deri James
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 5:57 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
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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