From 51230dfb730f69f831fadc4c02edba0eb6de0f34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob van Son <r.j.j.h.vanson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:31:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Windows TTS command in manual pages.

---
 ManPages/Speech_Synthesis_in_SpeakGoodChinese.man | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ManPages/Speech_Synthesis_in_SpeakGoodChinese.man b/ManPages/Speech_Synthesis_in_SpeakGoodChinese.man
index 5b1d7b9..3194c25 100644
--- a/ManPages/Speech_Synthesis_in_SpeakGoodChinese.man
+++ b/ManPages/Speech_Synthesis_in_SpeakGoodChinese.man
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@ ManPagesTextFile
 "Speech Synthesis in SpeakGoodChinese" "R.J.J.H. van Son" 20150916 0
 <intro> "How to change the pinyin synthesis"
 
+<entry> "Tone  and Speech synthesis in SpeakGoodChinese"
+<normal> "%%SpeakGoodChinese% has three levels of tone and speech synthesis 
+beside the option to add real spoken examples (%%Real examples% button). 
+Which synthesis method is used is choosen on the %%Settings% page:"
+<list_item> "\bu Humming tones - 
+Deselect the %%Synthesis% and %%Real example% buttons"
+<list_item> "\bu Rule-based Text-to-Speech (%%TTS%) synthesis (%%eSpeak%) -  
+Select the %%Synthesis% button and select a %%Voice% other than ##*#"
+<list_item> "\bu Native Text-to-Speech (%%TTS%) synthesis - Select the ##*# %%Voice%"
+<normal> "The ""Humming"" option will stress the tone realizations. 
+The two TTS options will also practice pronunciation, 
+or at least phoneme perception. 
+The phoneme pronunciation of the native Windows and Mac %%TTS% is much 
+better than the build-in, rule-based, %%eSpeak% synthesis. 
+However, the tone realizations of the high quality native %%TTS% are probably 
+suboptimal for beginning students trying to practice tones. 
+It is probably best when students switch to the native synthesis on 
+Mac or Windows only when they have reached a basic level of tone perception. 
+So, the prefered order is likely for students to start with the build-in 
+%%eSpeak% voices or even the humming synthesis."
+
 <entry> "Text-To-Speech synthesis in SpeakGoodChinese"
 <normal> "SpeakGoodChinese uses the %%eSpeak% Text-To-Speech (%%TTS%) 
 engine that is build into Praat. %%eSpeak% has several Mandarin voices. 
@@ -76,8 +97,8 @@ by a placeholder: "
 <normal> "Examples of such commands are:"
 <list_item> "\bu Mac OSX: $$say -vTing-Ting$"
 <list_item> "\bu Windows: $$mshta.exe vbscript:Execute(""CreateObject(""""SAPI.SpVoice"""").Speak
-""""<voice gender='female'><voice xml:lang='zh-CN'><rate speed='-5'>
-<pron sym='\@ \@ \@ '/></rate></voice></voice>"""":Close"")$"
+""""<voice gender='female' xml:lang='zh-CN'><rate speed='-5'>
+<pron sym='\@ \@ \@ '/></rate></voice>"""":Close"")$"
 <list_item> "\bu Linux: $$spd-say -l zh -t female1 -r -60$"
 
 <normal> "While such a file is present for the operating system running 
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