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How To Write Phonetically (continued)

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When you use Macintalk to generate phonemes from English text, it generally does a good job on the pronunciation (with only occasional flubs) but it doesn’t do nearly as good a job on the intonation. This isn’t surprising: Macintalk would have to have a sophisticated grasp of English grammar as well as a large vocabulary in order to make a stab at really good intonation. This is another reason why it is better to write phonetically than to rely on Macintalk’s phoneme generator.  Compare these (click on each box):


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Say "Pablo Picasso said, Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
 


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SayPhonetic "PAA1BLOW1 PIXKAA4SOW1 SEH2D, KUMPYUW5TERZ AAR YUW6SLEHS. DHEY1 KAEN OW2NLIY GIH4V YUW AE9NSERZ.   #"