[asterisk-dev] say.conf options (m/f)

[Paul]

On 5/27/07, *Tzafrir Cohen* <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com
<mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>> wrote:

>     Hi
>
>     I'm trying to write a say.conf syntax for Hebrew and run into an issue
>     that will probably affect other languages.
>
>     The function ast_say_number_full in say.c has an "options" field.
>     It is
>     generally used for the "gender" field of SayNumber.
>
>     >From what I understand say.conf parsing is only implemented in
>     app_playback.c . From looking at the implementation of ast_say_number
>     there it seems that the "options" variable is just past along
>     to recusrsive calls, but not really used.
>
>     The say.conf syntax does not seem to relate to the gender in any
>     way: I cannot see a way to generate a different number for the male
>     form and for the female form.
>
>     As it happens, if I just want to implement the time, I can get away
>     with using all the num-s in the female form and all the enum-s in
>     a male form. But then when someone wants the "third voicemail
>     message",
>     or "second option for Pizza", this will break.
>
Is this like in Spanish we have "primero" and "primera" whereas in
English we only have "first"?

Also in Spanish we have "un", "uno" and "una" for English "a" or "one".
Phrases like "a son", "one son", "a daughter", "one daughter" are
handled differently. Is this the case for Hebrew?