gender voice variants

[Michael Everson]

On 18 Dec 2012, at 20:06, "Broome, Karen" <Karen.Broome at am.sony.com> wrote:

> I think that bot would have problems if trying to do that with Czech. There *might* be no text change, but for languages where there are changes, this seems important.

The Mac OS has only one Czech bot, Zuzana, a woman. She reads out whatever the text says. She does not change the text as if she were uttering it afresh. She reads aloud. That's all. 

The Mac OS has four French voices, Audrey, Sabastien, Thomas, and Virginie. They all read aloud. That's all. 

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/