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What most people don't know about is that Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary, though much more realistic than the "Adult Male/Female" voices, are also created by L&H. In the late 2010s, all of the L&H American English voices (including the altered Bonzi voice mentioned above) can be used online with the interface created by a programmer who has done a lot of SDK work and reverse engineering, and can be found here: Creation of Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary In most Speakonia YouTube videos, a well-known character and antagonist known as "Linux Anna" is portrayed by the "Adult Female #2, American English" voice, scientifically "L&H Julia." According to a1130, Linux Anna was featured in Episode 3 of "The World of Speakonia."Īnother example of the L&H voices is the infamous spyware-infested Bonzi Buddy, where the "Adult Male #2, American English" voice is used on the Bonzi character (using the Microsoft Agent engine) with an altered pitch and speed. Most Radar Overseers in YouTube videos and in "The World of Speakonia" are portrayed by L&H voices. Unfortunately, most L&H voices are often unlistenable, unnatural, and often harsh to most ears (most famously, the Adult Male/Female voices). Eventually, L&H bankrupted on Octoand acquired by Nuance and Vantage Learning.Īs of September 2010, founders of L&H and other members were sentenced to 5 years of prison. In April of 2001, Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie (founders) as well as Gaston Bastiaens (former CEO) were arrested in a major corporate scandal since Enron. There were also major scandals involving fictional scandals in Korea (according to Wikipedia) and other accounting problems. In 1999, The Wall Street Journal posted allegations saying the earnings of L&H were overstated. The company grew very quickly, and soon acquired most of it's competitors, including Dictaphone (whom L&H acquired for nearly US$1 billion), Berkeley Speech Technologies, Dragon Systems, and Fonix.Īlleged fraud and eventual bankruptcy įor a while, there were rumors of financial scandals that were involved with L&H. L&H was founded in 1987 in Flanders, Belgium by Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie. 3.1 Creation of Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary.2 Alleged fraud and eventual bankruptcy.Note: The pronunciation corrections list affects all installed voices. prn file, open the Pronunciation Editor and click the Restore button to load the file. You may create your own pronunciation corrections list in the 2nd Speech Center>Options>Speech Control>Pronunciation Editor, or use theĬommon Pronunciation Corrections for SAPI4 Voices (thank senior 2nd Speech Center user Paul Ronnert). The Pronunciation Corrections feature is designed for this job. For example, you might pronounce "2SC" as "2nd Speech Center ", or ignore all ">" in your documents. Sometimes you may want to change the spelling of some words, separating syllables or corrects a word's pronunciation. The new voices will appear in the Voices drop-list. After installing, close 2nd Speech Center and restart the program.
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