On 8/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Vogel</b> <<a href="mailto:johnv@comcast.net">johnv@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi!<br><br>My application needs to look up (by spelling) the first and last names of a<br>person and then insert the corresponding pre-recorded audio file to<br>personalize the message. E.g. "Hi, John Brown. Your book is due back at the
<br>library." So I need "John" and "Brown" in audio files along with LOTS of<br>other names -<br><br>Do such databases of sound files already exist or do I have to record my<br>own? I'm not sure how many first and last names I'd have to record but it
<br>seems like thousands for both genders first names and then thousands more<br>for last names to cover a significant proportion of the people in the USA -</blockquote><div><br>I haven't seen something like this, but if you figure it out, I'd like to know. There's a piece of software called HouseCalls that reminds people of appointments. The proprietary software prompts the person setting up the automated reminders to record each name individually. In the beginning, it's a bear, but over time, it gets better.
<br><br>I guess something in Asterisk would have to do the same, right? I mean, a general list of "John Jon Jonh" in some person's voice, and the rest of the prompt in another, wouldn't be much better than having Festival say the name, would it?
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