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2: .sh NAME
3: vs _ phoneme list to voice synthesizer
4: .sh SYNOPSIS
5: .bd vs
6: .sh DESCRIPTION
7: .it vs
8: accepts phoneme descriptor lists and translates them into
9: byte strings suitable for the Federal Screw Works Voice
10: Synthesizer.
11: Phoneme descritors should be separated by commas and
12: have the general form "%NIxx"
13: where "xx" is a one or two character phoneme name,
14: "I" is an optional inflection parameter,
15: and "%N" is an optional count of the number of times
16: the phoneme is to be repeated (maximum 9).
17: "I" can have the values 0, 1, 2, 3 representing decreasing
18: strength (default is 2).
19: A description of the phonemes and their names can be
20: found in the file vsp(VII).
21: For example,
22: .in +3
23: .s3
24: a0,o1,t,r,1ai,1ay,d,j,ih,u1,%2s
25: .s3
26: .in-3
27: will generate the word "outrageous".
28: The output is buffered;
29: a newline will cause the buffered output to be
30: sent to the Voice Synthesizer.
31: .sh FILES
32: .sh "SEE ALSO"
33: vsp(VII), speak(I)
34: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
35: .sh BUGS
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