K3 TTS problem with personal prefix Mr. and Dr.

jmseight · 04-08-2012, 09:18 PM

Hi All,

I have the k3g and really like the tts feature. However, it has problem with "Mr." and "Dr.". Instead of reading "Mister" and "Doctor", it reads "M" "R" Pause, and "D" "R" Pause. This is really distracting.

For example, "Mr. Poe" is read as "M" "R" Pause "Poe".

Is there a way to fix this.

Thanks,
James

susan_cassidy · 04-08-2012, 10:06 PM

No, of course not. It is just the way the software works.

HarryT · 04-09-2012, 04:45 AM

Does it work better without the "."? In British English, "Mr" and "Dr" are normally written without the dot (the "rule" is that you don't use a dot if the abbreviation includes both the first and last letter of the full word, but you do otherwise; thus "Mr", "Mrs", "Dr", but "Rev.", "Prof.").

04-08-2012, 09:18 PM	#1
jmseight Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 3G, Kindle Touch 3G, iRiver Story HD, Sony Reader	K3 TTS problem with personal prefix Mr. and Dr. Hi All, I have the k3g and really like the tts feature. However, it has problem with "Mr." and "Dr.". Instead of reading "Mister" and "Doctor", it reads "M" "R" Pause, and "D" "R" Pause. This is really distracting. For example, "Mr. Poe" is read as "M" "R" Pause "Poe". Is there a way to fix this. Thanks, James

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04-08-2012, 10:06 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	No, of course not. It is just the way the software works.

04-09-2012, 04:45 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Does it work better without the "."? In British English, "Mr" and "Dr" are normally written without the dot (the "rule" is that you don't use a dot if the abbreviation includes both the first and last letter of the full word, but you do otherwise; thus "Mr", "Mrs", "Dr", but "Rev.", "Prof.").

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