NovaChat User’s Guide
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Working with Speech
The voice you select will speak individual characters, words, phrases, or
sentences. You can select what you want to say and how you want to
say it.
Adding a Pause between Words
You can force a specified speech delay between individual words.
Choose
Menu
>
Settings
>
Speech Output
>
Voice
>
Pause Between
Words
. The current delay time is displayed.
1.
To increase the delay, tap
+
(the plus sign) or type a higher number.
2.
To decrease the delay, tap
–
(the minus sign) or type a lower
number.
3.
Choose
Done
and then choose
OK
.
Adding Words to the Pronunciation Dictionary
Each synthesizer speaks words in its own way. You can add
pronunciation exceptions to a dictionary for each synthesizer. The voice
synthesizer on the Editor is not the same as the one on the device, and
the two will not pronounce words in the same way. Pronunciation
changes made on the Editor will not impact the device.
To add a word to the pronunciation dictionary:
1.
Choose
Menu
>
Settings
>
Speech Output
>
Voice
>
Pronunciations
.
2.
Choose
Menu
>
New
.
3.
Type the word in the Pronounce box.
4.
Tap
Next
.
5.
Type the word’s phonetic spelling in the Pronounce As box.
6.
Test the word by choosing
Pronounce It
.
7.
Once the word is pronounced properly, choose
Done
.
8.
Choose
Save
.
To edit or delete a word from within the dictionary, press and hold on
the entry and choose the appropriate option.
