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by FrankenPC 4146 days ago
Text to speech is pretty good. http://text-to-speech-demo.mybluemix.net/?cm_mmc=developerWo...

I decided to test it a little. I copied phonem challenges and non-sensical phrasing from the web. Then I added some stuff that I know has problems from past experience.

----- Let's explore some complicated conversions, shall we? The old corn cost the blood. The wrong shot led the farm. The short arm sent the cow. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Don't desert me here in the desert!. They were too close to the door to close it. The buck does funny things when does are present. Today is 1/1/2015. Today is Jan 5th, 1992. It's currently half past 12. Or 12:30PM. Twenty thousand dollars. 20,000 dollars. 20 thousand dollars. 2^5 = 32. NASA is an acronym. This ... is a pause. EmailAddress@somedomain.com.