long e - short i sounds

[Tom Zurinskas]

I'm checking audiopal.com text-to-speech to see if it recognizes "t" issues, such as glottal stops and ~d for ~t substitutions for USA accent.  The words are below.

The little bottle of butter is better.  What is that?  What.  That. Bottle. Bottle.  Butter.  Better.  Pretty City.  Pretty.  City.

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http://www.audiopal.com/grab_your_widget.html?mId=31553219.2

You can hear many ~d for ~t substitutions.  The only glottal stop was after "that" in the sentence.  But for singular "That" it's a good ending ~t.  Sounds like standard USA accent to me.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
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> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:58:39 +0000
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> Audiopal.com is a good way to put sound files into this forum. It can be used with own voice over telephone or computer mic.
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> This program also has a text to speech processor. You can hear the difference between long e and short i in the words I typed. The words are below:
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> I am thin I think. Think thin. The king has a kin. King kin. It’s a sin when you sing. Sing sin. Tingle, tinted. Teen English Tin India..
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> http://www.audiopal.com/grab_your_widget.html?mId=31552385.2
>
> short i long e
>
> thin think
> kin king
> sin sing
> tinted tingle
> tin teen
> India English
>
> The sound file should automatically play when site is brought up.
>
> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
> see truespel.com phonetic spelling
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