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<div data-focusfrompointer="true">I meant, using a more concrete example, “English (audio assets) using a (fe)male voice”.</div>
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<div data-focusfrompointer="true">There are also potential scenarios (maybe not English) for text variants based on the gender of the user or perceived actor.</div>
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<strong>From:</strong> Doug Ewell<br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> December 18, 2012 10:28 AM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> Broome, Karen, Peter Constable, ietf-languages@iana.org<br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: gender voice variants<br>
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Karen Broome <Karen dot Broome at am dot sony dot com> wrote:<br>
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>> "Male" is only four letters, so it can't be a variant subtag, but<br>
>> this is probably a Good Thing since 'male' and 'female' would likely<br>
>> be misused for language-specific dialects. You are probably looking<br>
>> for something like 'mvoice' and 'fvoice'.<br>
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> "Voice" says audio to me, but doesn't seem right for a textual<br>
> variant?<br>
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This is correct and desirable. Peter's scenario of "X as spoken in a<br>
male/female voice" isn't the same as "X as spoken/written with a<br>
gender-specific dialect/grammar/vocabulary." The former is generic; the<br>
latter is language-specific, and would require separate variant subtags<br>
for each such language.<br>
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Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA<br>
http://www.ewellic.org | @DougEwell <br>
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