Gy is a proper noun... but i was just trying vowels :-) as far as i can check in this word list http://www.wordmine.info/fr/Search.aspx?slang=fr&stype=wordsendingin&sword=Y
..in words ending in 'y' following a consonant, 'y' sounds same as 'i' in french (as e in me) not 'i' in english (as i in my) ... for 'my' you can make an exception since 'my tailor is rich' :-) Thanks in advance ! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to espeak in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948884 Title: mbrola is unable to pronounce the French word "les" Status in “espeak” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: echo le train | espeak -v mb-fr1 # mbrola voice: OK echo le train | espeak -v mb-fr4 # mbrola voice: OK echo les traines | espeak -v mb-fr1 # mbrola voice: BAD echo les traines | espeak -v mb-fr4 # mbrola voice: BAD Error from mbrola (which espeak calls) is: mbrola: Warning: l-e- unkown, replaced with _-_ This is rather annoying as "les" is rather a useful article in French! Work arounds: 1) Use the espeak voice. echo le train | espeak -v fr # espeak voice: OK echo les traines | espeak -v fr # espeak voice: OK Works, but sounds rather robotic. 2) An approximation of the correct pronunciation can be generated by converting "les" to "lay" or "lai": echo "les traines" | sed 's/\<les\>/lai/g' | espeak -v mb-fr1 # OK-ish echo "les traines" | sed 's/\<les\>/lai/g' | espeak -v mb-fr4 # OK-ish This gives a passable result, atleast to a naïve ear such as mine ;-) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: mbrola 3.01h-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic-pae 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 7 11:13:03 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_CA.UTF8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mbrola UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (54 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak/+bug/948884/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
