[Asterisk-Users] British English voice files are ready fordownload

[Chris Bagnall]

> I downloaded the SLIN and I have a couple of remarks.
> 1) you can't use the SLIN directly on a non-intel machine - 
> you may have to byte swap it first (took me a while to work 
> out why I just got pulse modulated static on my NSLU2 home 
> asterisk! (armv5teb) )

Can you explain in a bit more detail please, or post a link to some info on
this topic? What procedure did you undertake to "byte swap it"?

I'm using the voice prompts on my 2 datacentre machines, and my asterisk box
at home (all intel), so I haven't come across this issue. Thanks for the
warning - I was going to upload the files to a few clients' boxes this
afternoon (which are all AMD boxes).

> 2) I was surprised to find that I didn't like the results.
> This is a purely personal thing, but I found Alison Keenan's 
> delivery too redolent of a  England that is gone.

As you rightly say, it's a personal opinion. Personally, I rather like
hearing a voice that talks "neutrally" rather than with a heavy accent which
might be difficult to understand for people not of that locality, or speech
that misses out sounds in words ("t" is normally an early victim).

> The only reason I mention this is so people don't assume that 
> these new recordings will always be the preferred offering to 
> systems installed in the UK, it will depend on the image that 
> a company wishes to present.

Are there any other royalty-free sets of recordings aimed at the UK market?
I've seen a couple of others, one female, one male, but I don't think either
is a complete set, which means from time to time you still get Allison (USA)
chirping in with the odd sound or two.

Regards,

Chris
-- 
C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited
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