Quotes of the Day
Friday, May. 08, 2009
If it encounters a word it has never seen, it approaches it almost like a kid, phonetically.
- STEVE CHAMBERS,
- an executive at Nuance, the Massachusetts-based company that licenses its text-to-speech engine to Amazon for the Kindle's computerized speaking voice. The gadget currently mispronounces the first and last name of President Barack Obama
Photo: Mark Lennihan / AP | Source: New York Times