American English and British English Language Options

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American English

Here is an example of the high quality American English speech that is a new option for the Lightwriter. It sounds very natural, has a choice of male and female voices, and has very good intelligibility over the telephone.
The English language has many words with alternative pronunciations, and it is generally able to pronounce these correctly. For example: can I read this after you have read it?
It also handles abbreviations intelligently: I live in St Peter St. Dr Johnson lives on Lake Shore Dr.

 

Male Voice - MP3 format - File size: 630 KB

 

Female Voice - MP3 format - File size: 630 KB

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British English

Here is an example of the British English speech that is now available in Lightwriters. It speaks in English and all the Western European languages, and the Lightwriter can have up to four languages. It has both male and female voices, all with natural sounding voices, and with good intelligibility over the telephone.

 

Male Voice - MP3 format - File size: 350 KB

 

Female Voice - MP3 format - File size: 350 KB

DECtalk™
American English

DECtalk has 4 Male voices, 4 Female voices,and 1 Child's voice. For the 4 Male voices you can choose between Paul, Harry, Frank and Dennis.

 

Male Voice

WAV format - File size: 129 KB

 

DECtalk has 4 Male voices, 4 Female voices, and 1 Child's voice. For the 4 Female voices you can choose between Betty, Wendy, Rita and Ursula.

 

Female Voice

WAV format - File size: 129 KB

 

DECtalk has 4 Male voices, 4 Female voices,and 1 Child's voice. This is the Child's voice and I'm called Kit the Kid.

 

Child's Voice

WAV format - File size: 129 KB