(keitai-l) Re: string/JP text to speech

   I don't know about the Nokias.... but my old Kyocera handset has
 a very advanced Japanese text -> Speech mechanism with
multiple voices speeds and it works great.

   If you right phonetic English in Japanese, it works with
that too and its great.

     I checked out the voices on that site.... They are actually WORSE than
my 3 year old Japanese phones, but with funky graphics of scary
looking people from different countries.

    But from a coding standpoint, the software on a first try seems pretty stable and
coded well.  Its also easy to use.... Just commenting on the voices.  They
could have done that part a lot better, and the pictures could have been less
scary looking people.


Nick May wrote:

> I recently got a Japanese message on my keitai address (scroll down
> for the google translate version)
>
> It is clearly a con - no such service is in use, no such court papers
> exist, it is just a weak attempt to extort money. They are fairly
> common I assume.
>
> Naturally, I shall play along with it out of curiosity and for the
> entertainment value.
>
> It would be fun to see how far they will go....
>
> Any thoughts from Japan resident keitai-l'ers as to how most
> effectively to string them along, safely.... ?
>
> BTW - while I have flesh to plastic, a general link of use to anyone
> doing research on the Japanese net with less than perfect kanji
> skills, but ok listening.
>
> This will read Japanese text to you with pretty good intonation.
> http://free-translator.imtranslator.net/speech.asp
>
> come to think of it - how good is the JP text to speech available on
> various Nokia handsets?
>
> Nick
>
> <snip>
> Information Center Co., Ltd. and Japan's Nomura me.
> This time, you are currently using mobile devices in a PC from an
> approved provider network authentication intervention center,
> previously capped .. "comprehensive information site" from a free to
> leave during the process is not for the registration charges, the
> current situation remains unpaid and has been long neglected.
> If you use a lot of the content that you use, so, if you are innocent
> contact your home, or the first company to send you written notice
> will be charged please.
> This notice before business hours today from us if you do not, terms
> and conditions as the court documents on the subject to a legal
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