From: David H. Straayer <mail_at_dhstraayer.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:50:36 -0700

I propose that we use the ICAO phonetic alphabet in all languages.

It simplifies the language issue, and communicates numbers in an
internationally standardized way. [if English based :) ]

91 would be pronounced "Nine-er One" in all languages, just as it is
pronounce by Air France pilots landing in Quebec. ;-)

Dave Straayer
(who teaches his math students to pronounce numbers on a digit-by-digit
basis)



----- Original Message -----
From: "arnaud" <netcava_at_club-internet.fr>
To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: multilingual voice UI


> >There is one other area that came to my mind when considering
> >multilingual voice ui - the "number speaking" algorithm has to
> >be adapted to the language as well. Currently this is tailored
> >for English, so "61" would be correctly spoken "sixty one" in
> >English. But it would say "sechzig-eins" in German, which is
> >wrong - "einundsechzig" would be correct. I'm sure similar
> >issues exist in other languages.
>
> true, we have the same issue in french
> where 61 is pronounced "soixante et un" and no "soixante un" but 62
> is pronounced "soixante deux"
>
> hmmm. don't know how we could solve this....
>
>
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